Posts Tagged ‘wage theft’
COVID-19 Response: Essential, Just Not Paid Like It
In episode 43, we talk about how not everybody’s at home waiting out the pandemic. We hear from people around the state who are still employed and in public—but who don’t make a lot of money—about their working conditions, their support from their employers and their fears about the virus. Reporter Yasmin Khan spoke with…
Read MoreNew Mexico Faces Backlog of Wage Theft Complaints | The Line
January 31, 2020 – New Mexico is dealing with a backlog of about 1,900 complaints of wage theft linked to enforcement of the state’s minimum wage law. That backlog accumulated before New Mexico’s minimum wage went from $7.50 to $9.00 an hour on the first of this year. Gene Grant and The Line panelists give…
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