Investigative Post Wage Theft in Western NY – March, 2025. We have no way to confirm this data but we felt it was important to pass it on.The theft of employee wages is widespread across Western New York, data from state and federal labor departments show.
State and federal labor investigators found some 1,900 regional employers withheld $17.1 million in pay and benefits from 23,613 workers over the past decade.
That’s an average of $3,066 per affected worker, according to data collected by Documented and analyzed by Investigative Post. Some employers were found to owe a handful of employees large amounts — more than $40,000 in some cases — while others were found to owe many workers small amounts. The median worker was returned $500 due to the work of the labor investigators.
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