Lawmakers found that wage theft was so widespread that is was impossible to arrive at a final amount.

议员们发现，偷走工资的现象非常普遍，无法得出一个最终的数额。

Wage theft occurs when individuals do not receive their legally owed wages and benefits.

当个人没有收到其合法欠下的工资和福利时，就会发生工资盗窃。

Like wage theft, workers' safety and security.

就像工资盗窃、工人的安全和保障一样。

Wage theft impacts more than just the workers who don't get their wages.

工资盗窃影响的不仅仅是那些拿不到工资的工人。

And if there is a labor violation, harassment, intimidation, wage theft, it largely goes unreported.

即使存在劳工违规、骚扰、恐吓、克扣工资等情况，也大多不会被举报。

It's called wage theft, and chances are that you or someone you know has experienced it.

这称为工资盗窃，您或您认识的人很可能经历过这种情况。

Day laborer Bernal's story demonstrates how wage theft happens.

日工 Bernal 的故事展示了工资盗窃是如何发生的。

Since 2015, my research has focused on immigrant day laborers' experiences with wage theft in Colorado.

自2015年以来，我的研究一直集中在科罗拉多州移民日工的工资盗窃经历上。

So wage theft continues because employers know they're likely to get away with it.

因此，工资盗窃仍在继续，因为雇主知道他们很可能会逃脱惩罚。

In fact, half a million Coloradans suffer wage theft every year.

事实上，每年有 50 万科罗拉多人的工资被克扣。

That doesn't mean that day laborers do nothing to prevent wage theft or try to upgrade their working conditions.

这并不意味着日工不采取任何措施来防止工资被盗或试图改善他们的工作条件。

It's not nearly as degrading as the other posts on this Reddit about wage theft or being asked to come in during days off.

它不像这个 Reddit 上关于工资盗窃或被要求在休息日上班的其他帖子那样有辱人格。

Wage theft can take many forms: Paying below the minimum wage, withholding earned benefits, overtime, breaks or tips, misclassifying employees as independent contractors and even outright non-payment.

工资盗窃可以采取多种形式：支付低于最低工资、扣留已获得的福利、加班、休息或小费、将员工错误分类为独立承包商，甚至完全不付款。

The Economic Policy Institute estimates that workers are losing 50 billion dollars a year to wage theft, but most people haven't even heard of the problem.

经济政策研究所估计工人每年因工资盗窃损失 500 亿美元，但大多数人甚至没有听说过这个问题。

Every year, when I collaborate with students on this project, some students tell me that they realize that they too have experienced wage theft.

每年，当我在这个项目上与学生合作时，一些学生告诉我他们意识到他们也经历过工资盗窃。

Employers often say that wage theft is an accident, but day laborers' experiences show how it's a patterned and intentional practice to benefit at worker's expense.

雇主经常说偷窃工资是一种意外，但日工的经历表明这是一种有规律的故意做法，以牺牲工人的利益为代价。

My survey results found that 62 percent of day laborers had experienced wage theft and 19 percent just in the six months prior to being surveyed.

我的调查结果发现，62% 的临时工在接受调查前的六个月内经历过工资盗窃，而 19% 的人仅在接受调查前的六个月内经历过。

A wage and hour violation, like wage theft, for instance - and Daniel says farm labor contractors are some of the biggest violators of these laws in the agriculture industry.

例如，违反工资和工时规定，例如克扣工资，丹尼尔表示，农场劳工承包商是农业行业中违反这些法律的最大者之一。

Only half of day laborers who had experienced wage theft did anything to recover their unpaid wages, including even asking their employer for the money they owed them.

只有一半经历过工资被盗的日工会采取任何措施追回未付的工资，包括甚至向雇主索要欠他们的钱。

Although wage theft impacts many industries, my research focuses on one of the most vulnerable sectors, day laborers, most of whom are immigrants from Latin America who seek daily work for cash.

尽管工资盗窃影响了许多行业，但我的研究集中在最脆弱的行业之一， 即日工，他们中的大多数是来自拉丁美洲的移民， 他们每天都在寻找现金工作。