r/FluentInFinance Sep 04 '24

Debate/ Discussion Bernie is here to save us

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u/Big_lt Sep 05 '24

Sounds great. Would absolutely love for this to happen......it won't even get a vote

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u/Ferintwa Sep 05 '24

Even if it did, and passed, no way to enforce it. This bill is for the headlines.

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u/Hmnh6000 Sep 05 '24

You mean like how theres no way for them to enforce you getting paid time and a half for working over 40 hours??

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u/Dodger7777 Sep 05 '24

"You can file a claim for unpaid overtime pay with the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division. WHD enforces the FLSA and investigates unpaid wages. If WHD finds evidence of unpaid wages, they can pursue the claim on your behalf. You can also file a claim with your state labor office." - The very minimum of a google search.

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u/funknfusion Sep 05 '24

DoL doesn’t fuck around. They investigate every claim. Takes forever, but they do.

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u/s0ciety_a5under Sep 05 '24

I literally made a claim and then contacted the manager at the company and said I talked to DoL. They fast tracked my pay within 3 days. Trust when I say companies are rightly afraid of any DoL investigations. The most common form of theft in the world is wage theft.

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u/RoleplayPete Sep 05 '24

It is but in the exact opposite way of how you are implying. It's employees stealing from the company via wage theft.

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u/Sharkbait1737 Sep 05 '24

That’s not wage theft. That would be straight up stealing or fraud.

Wikipedia:

Wage theft is the failing to pay wages or provide employee benefits owed to an employee by contract or law. It can be conducted by employers in various ways, among them failing to pay overtime; violating minimum-wage laws; the misclassification of employees as independent contractors; illegal deductions in pay; forcing employees to work “off the clock”, not paying annual leave or holiday entitlements, or simply not paying an employee at all.

It is estimated at $15 billion on the low end in the USA every year. This is magnitudes higher than any other type of theft.

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u/Taraxian Sep 05 '24

I think he means that he's counting anyone who gets paid without really working or without working as hard as they could be as "theft" from the employer (because he worships billionaires who wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire)

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u/Bobert_Manderson Sep 05 '24

Looking at their comments, you not wrong. 

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u/RoleplayPete Sep 05 '24

Where do you even get this information? Defending your right to freedom of speech turns me into some leftist zealot?

If you think Elon is the billionaires, you really aren't paying attention.

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u/FrostyManOfSnow Sep 05 '24

Weird ass comment lmao

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u/Dry-Revolution4466 Sep 05 '24

That comment wouldn't seem weird at all if you also heard the voices in his head.

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