Low-wage workers in the nation’s three largest labor markets are subject to being paid less than minimum wage, and denied overtime pay and other legally-protected rights, according to a new survey conducted by a group of researchers and academics. Among the findings in the report were that more than one quarter of workers were paid less than the minimum wage allowed by law, and that in 60% of such cases, the shortage was by more than $1 per hour. The research also revealed that 76% of those eligible for overtime were not paid the required rate by their employers. Most of the more than 4,000 respondents in the survey reported they had been denied meal breaks at their places of employment.
                                                                                                                                                       -Noel Brinkerhoff

Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers (PDF)
Robbed On The Job (by Paul Rosenberg, Open Left)