Wage Theft Task Force
Posted on April 14th, 2010 by admin
On February 18, the Miami-Dade County Commission created a new law to help low-wage, immigrant workers. The Wage Theft Ordinance requires employers to give employees the pay that workers were promised; if employers delay in resolving claims, they can be liable for triple wages as well as the costs of an administrative hearing.
In the video, students from the law schools of Florida International University, University of Miami, and Nova University talk about the wage theft ordinance together with some of FIACs Workplace Justice clients, who have become Community Stewards promoting immigrant and worker rights in the community.
Congratulations to all residents of Miami-Dade County, who have gained a valuable tool for enforcing a basic human right the right to be paid for ones work.
Congratulations also to all the members of the Wage Theft Task Force, including in addition to FIAC – the Florida Immigrant Coalition, Florida Legal Services, Unite for Dignity, We Count!, the Womens Fund of Miami-Dade Advocacy Project, South Florida Interfaith Worker Justice, the Research Institute for Social and Economic Policy, the South Florida AFL-CIO, SEIU 32BJ, UNITE HERE, and others.
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April 14th, 2010 at 1:40 am
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