{"id":521,"date":"2021-01-28T22:33:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T22:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregb57.sg-host.com\/?page_id=521"},"modified":"2021-01-28T22:37:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T22:37:43","slug":"wage-theft","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pechtellaw.com\/wage-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Wage Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"521\" class=\"elementor elementor-521\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40177ae0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"40177ae0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;arrow&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom_negative&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" data-negative=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 700 10\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M360 0L350 9.9 340 0 0 0 0 10 700 10 700 0\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48096891\" data-id=\"48096891\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-837a023 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"837a023\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wage Claims<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e56ab06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e56ab06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Whether an employer acts out of ignorance or greed, wage theft is a real problem facing low- to middle-income American workers. An employer can steal a worker&#8217;s wage through a variety of means. Some of the ways an employer can steal a worker&#8217;s wages include:<\/p><ul><li>Requiring workers to work &#8220;off-the-clock&#8221; and not recording their true hours worked.<\/li><li>Having workers sign blank time cards or forging workers&#8217; signatures and then recording fewer hours worked.<\/li><li>Deducting unauthorized and unlawful amounts from a worker&#8217;s paycheck.<\/li><li>Delaying payment of wages to a convenient time for the employer to pay (&#8220;banking hours&#8221;).<\/li><li>Refusing to allow a worker to take his or her 30-minute meal break or 10-minute rest break.<\/li><li>Not paying a worker for remaining on call during a meal break.<\/li><li>Illegally treating some workers as &#8220;exempt&#8221; from the minimum wage.<\/li><li>Using non-hourly pay methods (flat rate, piece rate, salary, commissions) to hide the fact the employer is paying less than the hourly minimum wage.<\/li><li>Issuing paychecks without sufficient funds in the bank to cover the check (&#8220;bouncing checks&#8221;).<\/li><li>Retroactively paying a worker less than what was agreed (paying a worker that was hired at $12.00 for hours already worked at $10.00 an hour instead).<\/li><\/ul><p>Some unscrupulous employers are cunning in how they line their own pockets with the hard-earned wages of their workers. If you feel you are the victim of wage theft in Kennewick, WA, call employment attorney Adam R. 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