Not very often. I've had to deal with them in the past, ugh.

Quarry tap room just got hit pretty good with fines not too long ago.

I still haven’t been paid my wages from a cannabis farm I worked at, it’s been two summers now. Went to the dept of labor, they said they are aware of several similar issues but can’t do anything, they have no teeth to enforce…

My wife worked at a restaurant that didn't keep payroll. Most of the kitchen was paid under the table. Employees wouldn't get paid unless they tracked down the manager and asked for a check. Checks bounced. It was all clear as day. She reported all of it and nothing came of it.

I'm half expecting employers to start taking advantage of this. They can get away with a lot before it rises to a level that is addressed. It's incredibly prevalent in restaurants because people will quit and get a new job rather than deal with the problem.

I wonder if this has anything to do with LeRage gutting and fucking around with the labor board? I had to use them once when I worked at dunkins in my 20s and they were on top of us reporting not receiving our checks. Like so on top of it the managers pulled from petty cash to pay us within days.

I think people would be surprised what employers can get away with. I was blindsided and called into a meeting and accused of something I didn’t do. During that meeting a manager called me a bitch and brought up the fact that I go to counseling. The labor board said that there are no rules against that. They said that I could get a lawyer and address the counseling comment because it could be considered a disability (it isn’t). But they told me that even if anything came of it, nothing would happen to the employer.

So much this.

Corporations own the government. The Labor Board is much like the PUC. The people appointed are there to serve the corporations.. not the people.