>Not paying wages according to the letter of the law is not the same as stealing money from people
I'll confess I don't understand this distinction.
>and employers, like most people who cheat on regulations, often can't or won't shoulder the extra cost if those regulations are suddenly enforced
I'm also confused by this transition from wage theft to the subject of sudden enforcement of regulation. Are you suggesting that the latter is the explanation for the former, and that this diminishes the ethical import of wage theft?
Lastly I'm also not sure why you're claiming it's theoretical. They put forward a specific number: $933 million derived from federal and state data on wage-and-hour violation settlements.
I'll confess I don't understand this distinction.
>and employers, like most people who cheat on regulations, often can't or won't shoulder the extra cost if those regulations are suddenly enforced
I'm also confused by this transition from wage theft to the subject of sudden enforcement of regulation. Are you suggesting that the latter is the explanation for the former, and that this diminishes the ethical import of wage theft?
Lastly I'm also not sure why you're claiming it's theoretical. They put forward a specific number: $933 million derived from federal and state data on wage-and-hour violation settlements.