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To combat pervasive wage theft in New York, three new bills were introduced in the legislature that would punish violators.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 9 months ago (3 children)

if it ever gets turned into an actual law it will be so full of holes as to be useless.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Yeah, notice how it says "proposed." If it's good for the general public, Republicans are going to shoot it down.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

It'll be on the 20th consecutive time they get caught, with each catch having to be in a new time period. And if they go a ~~year~~ month without ~~offending~~ getting caught their counter resets. Also, if they get a lawyer there's an arcane legal process to instead jail the employee.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm going to stay hopeful, but you're both right...

[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago

Yeah but lets just bask in imagination for just a second. That was nice.