Denver City Council members are working on a plan to help people who are victims of wage theft
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“We felt that there was still a gap after the criminal wage theft legislation passed because we really wanted to make sure that our workers were getting paid and that is a civil remedy,” Denver City Councilwoman Amanda Sawyer said. “The auditor will start with the direct employer and then may move up the chain, link by link,” according to an outline of the policy proposal.
It also occurs when employers take illegal deductions from employee paychecks or misclassify employees as “independent contractors” to pay them less. “It affected not just his family, but his extended family,” Monica Rodriguez said. “He tends to help us sister back in Mexico, so he's not able to do that. It has really affected all his bills, honestly, rent and other bills that he has to pay.”
“They have like day labor sites where they are picked up. They only know that, and they don't know anything else about the employer,” Rodriguez said. “So, it gets to become really hard to try to track them down and try to get them to pay the worker.”
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