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According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the amount of overdue wages in the U.S. last year was 156.15 million dollars, and the number of victims was 135,067 last year. Meanwhile, South Korea would reach 1.7 trillion won in amount and over 300,000 victims last year. The country’s economic size based on GDP is 1/15 of the U.S., yet its amount of overdue wages is eight times larger than that of the U.S.

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[–] snooggums@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

'Overdue wages' = wage theft.

[–] beto@lemmy.studio 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Steal $50 from your employer and you'll to jail. Employer steals trillions and nothing happens.

[–] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Capitalism working as intended.