Jessica Ramos: “Wage theft, of course, is something that also runs rampant…”

“In the excitement to just get going and finish the job, which ends up putting people in some really dangerous workplace situations. Wage theft, of course, is something that also runs rampant in New York State to the tune of a billion dollars before the pandemic. But I think only got worse during the pandemic, again, because people were desperate to work, and employers would take advantage of that notion.” (10:47–10:57)

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