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A state task force on misclassification found it's not feasible to hold general contractors accountable for wage and hour violations committed by their subcontractors.
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Read More »Misclassification group finds GC liability for subcontractor abuses ‘not feasible’
Wage theft hits immigrants — hard
Audelia Molina, a Mexican immigrant, was earning 10 cents for every garment she trimmed at a factory in Los Angeles, America's clothing-assembly capital. Her wage was so meager that she started putting in 11-hour days to drive up production.
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Read More »Task force officially recommends policies to combat wage theft 
A state task force on wage theft and misclassification is recommending that Wisconsin adopt new rules to prevent insurance fraud and hold contractors accountable for misconduct committed by their subcontractors.
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Read More »Task force: General contractors should be liable for jobsite wage theft
A state task force on worker misclassification recommended on Thursday that Wisconsin draw up rules to hold general contractors accountable for any wage theft that might occur on their jobsites.
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Read More »Wage-theft task force OKs policy recommendations to combat misclassification
A state task force has signed off on a series of policy suggestions to step up the enforcement of rules governing wage-theft and misclassification, ills that undercut honest contractors and exploit workers.
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Read More »TO CATCH A WAGE THIEF: Task force proposes ways to crack down on misclassification
A task force wants the state officials to work together better and hire more investigators to root out wage theft, payroll fraud and other abuses, while requiring builders to register with the state in order to work in Wisconsin.
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Read More »ON THE HUNT: Task force looking at ways to root out wage theft
State agencies on Wednesday told a panel that the costs of the wage theft — a persistent source of concern in the construction industry — have worsened in recent years, depriving the state of millions worth of tax revenue.
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Read More »A migrant worker’s story: Unsafe conditions, no job security
If Jairo Cruz had been a professional football player instead of a construction worker, he may well have been deemed a hero for playing his way through injury and taking one for the team.
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Read More »SHADOW WORKFORCE: Immigrants particularly vulnerable to wage theft
Life hasn’t always been easy for Hilaro Flores. A native of Mexico, the immigrant construction worker now living just over Wisconsin's border, in Minnesota, lost his mother when he was a young child. His father couldn’t take care of Hilaro and his four siblings, so the children were sent off to live in different homes.
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Read More »Wage-theft investigator: Stop-work orders need to be easier to issue
The lead Wisconsin misclassification investigator says he'd like more authority to issue stop work orders when officials find evidence that wage theft, payroll fraud and other abuses are taking place at a job site.
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