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Low-Wage Workers Often Cheated, Study Says

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Andrew Frisch

The New York Times reports that, “[l]ow-wage workers are routinely denied proper overtime pay and are often paid less than the minimum wage, according to a new study based on a survey of workers in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

The study, the most comprehensive examination of wage-law violations in a decade, also found that 68 percent of the workers interviewed had experienced at least one pay-related violation in the previous work week.”

To read the entire New York Times article based on the National Employment Law Project’s (NELP) study click here.


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