Low-Wage Workers Are Often Cheated, Study Says

A New York Times article discusses a recent study of low-wage workers. The study, "the most comprehensive examination of wage-law violations in a decade", found systematic violations of wage and hour laws among thousands of workers studied. The study found that "68 percent of the workers interviewed had experienced at least one pay-related violation in the previous work week." If you would like a copy of the full study, please contact the firm.

Soapbox: The federal and state employee wage protection laws are crucial to protecting one of the most powerless segments of our society, low-wage workers. Unfortunately, government regulators are "spread too thin" to effectively police industries (e.g., restaurants) that employ such workers. This is why the Fair Labor Standards Act, and analogous Colorado state laws, contain incentives for private attorneys to take these cases.