Common Methods of Wage Theft

More and more employees are facing issues related to wage theft.  Broadly speaking, wage theft happens when an employer illegally deprives an employee of wages that they are owed.  Wage theft can be broken down into two categories based on the method the employer uses, methods relating to simply depriving the worker of money they are owed, and methods relating to improperly documenting the worker or their pay.

Wage deprivation methods involve improper payroll practices designed to deprive an employee of their pay.  Documentation issues are a slightly subtler version of wage theft. Rather than simply withholding wages, employers will adjust their payroll or misclassify employees to stop paying them everything that the employer owes them.

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If you believe you have been a victim of wage theft, or have questions about your employer’s practices, get in contact with an Illinois employment lawyer.