Approximately 60-80% of all theft is wage theft. So it’s 3-4x as common as any other kind of theft.
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iAmTheTot@kbin.social 7 months ago
Wage theft in the United States exceeds all theft, burglary, larceny, etc values put together.
Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
xmunk@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
It’s important to keep this in mind whenever retailers decry shoplifters as a source of price increases - the retailers steal more from their employees paychecks than what is stolen from them (and most shrinkage isn’t due to theft anyways).
It’s also important to keep this in mind whenever asshats like Bezos or Musk talk about eliminating the NLRB.
KingJalopy@lemm.ee 7 months ago
What shoplifters? I’ve never seen anyone steal anything. And neither have any of you…
sxan@midwest.social 7 months ago
Dude, I will literally run interference.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
Depends on the theft. I won’t rat out someone stealing food or baby formula. But I would for sure rat out those group-assaults on premium brands. They smash and break shit unnecessarily and leave chaos for the workers when they’re gone.