Margaret Poydock and Jiayi (Sonia) Zhang at the Economic Policy Institute report that more than $1.5 billion in stolen wages were recovered for Workers between 2021 and 2023 - thanks to Federal, State and Local efforts to combat wage theft.  Every year, millions of Workers across the country are victims of the scourge of wage theft - meaning these Workers are not paid the full wages to which they are legally entitled.  Nearly $700 million in stolen wages were recovered for Workers by the U.S. Department of Labor from 2021 to 2023.  A total of $203.3 million was recovered by State Departments of Labor and Attorneys General over those three years.  And, the top 10 wage and hour class action settlements amounted to $641.3 million for Workers in 2021. 

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