Wage theft is the biggest type of theft adding up to $50B nationwide and tens of millions of dollars a year in Illinois.
Wage theft costs Americans more than any other type of theft. The figure nationwide is $50 billion. But, for each person impacted it can be hundreds or even thousands of much-needed dollars. Some people might not even realize they are missing money from their paychecks because sometimes it's just a few dollars here and there.helped Jose Neri, one Illinois worker whose employer didn't pay him what he was owed.
Filemon Pastor was one of the affected employees."I used to work up to 70 hours a week. The pay stayed the same. They did not pay me overtime," he said.As result, workers like Pastor were shortchanged just short of $200,000. Wage theft investigators say the most common businesses where violations occur are restaurants and food service, home healthcare, and local grocery stores.
Data from IDOL which covers the entire state show that more than 3,000 workers file claims worth more than $20 million dollars altogether in a typical year. Not all of those claims are successful. The state has been able to get back at least $23 million for employees since 2017.
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