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Rep. Scott Fact Sheet: Wage Theft Prevention & Wage Recovery Act Section by Section
May 11, 2022
WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following fact sheet:

Sec. 1. Short Title.

The Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act.

Sec. 2. Findings.

Wage theft occurs when an unscrupulous employer does not pay an employee for work that the employee has performed, depriving the worker of wages and earnings to which the worker is legally entitield. Wage theft is esti . . .

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