{"id":6912,"date":"2009-09-03T05:02:07","date_gmt":"2009-09-03T10:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/?p=6912"},"modified":"2009-09-03T05:02:07","modified_gmt":"2009-09-03T10:02:07","slug":"low-income-employees-losing-income-left-and-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/2009\/09\/low-income-employees-losing-income-left-and-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Income Employees Losing Income Left and Right"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Moneychanginghands\"<\/a> Steve Greenhouse over at the New York Times gives us the scoop about an interesting new workplace study by Ruth Milkman, among others:<\/p>\n

Low-wage workers are routinely denied proper overtime pay and are often paid less than the minimum wage, according to a new study based on a survey of workers in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.<\/p>\n

The study, the most comprehensive examination of wage-law violations in a decade, also found that 68 percent of the workers interviewed had experienced at least one pay-related violation in the previous work week.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were all surprised by the high prevalence rate,\u201d said Ruth Milkman<\/a>, one of the study\u2019s authors and a sociology professor at the University of California<\/a>, Los Angeles, and the City University of New York<\/a>. The study, to be released on Wednesday, was financed by the Ford, Joyce, Haynes and Russell Sage Foundations.<\/p>\n

In surveying 4,387 workers in various low-wage industries, including apparel manufacturing, child care and discount retailing, the researchers found that the typical worker had lost $51 the previous week through wage violations, out of average weekly earnings of $339. That translates into a 15 percent loss in pay.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Part of the study’s findings were that employers of low-income workers were successful in intimidating them not to bring workplace claims, including worker compensation claims.<\/p>\n

I actually think this study resonates with the current fight between unions and companies over the Employee Free Choice Act and the need for voluntary recognition of unions versus the need to keep secret ballot elections.<\/p>\n

Really what this argument is all about is whether you are more concerned about union intimidation or management intimidation in the workplace.\u00a0 I think, at least in the low income world, this study is further proof that employer intimidation is much more prevalent and impactful.\u00a0 As someone recently put it to me: there is just something about an employer having the ultimate power of hiring and firing workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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