Kim Bobo, Interfaith Worker Justice Two new reports by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) show the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division, especially under the Bush administration, is conducting fewer and less thorough investigations in allegations of employer wage theft. Over the past decade, the number of investigations into employers' refusal to pay minimum wage, overtime or even any wages at all, has dropped from 47,000 in 1997 to just 30,000 last year. And when investigations are launched, sometimes investigators drop their probes simply because an employer hangs up on them or asserts, without proof, they can't afford to pay the workers what they are owed. ...
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Kim Bobo, Interfaith Worker Justice Two new reports by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) show the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division, especially under the Bush administration, is conducting fewer and less thorough investigations in allegations of employer wage theft. Over the past decade, the number of investigations into employers' refusal to pay minimum wage, overtime or even any wages at all, has dropped from 47,000 in 1997 to just 30,000 last year. And when investigations are launched, sometimes investigators drop their probes simply because an employer hangs up on them or asserts, without proof, they can't afford to pay the workers what they are owed. ...