Everyone should be paid fairly and in a timely manner for their labor. Unfortunately, for hundreds of thousands of Colorado workers—a disproportionate number of whom are women and workers of color—employers illegally withhold their pay. This is a crime known as wage theft, and it affects workers across a wide variety of industries in Colorado.
This report outlines which Colorado workers are most likely to experience wage theft, which industries are most likely to be affected, and which types of wage theft are most common.
As policymakers look at ways to help the working people whose labor and spending powers our economy recover from the pandemic, they should continue to look at ways to protect workers from wage theft.
Key Findings:
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