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Company steals millions of dollars. Years later, the company agrees to give the money back, while admitting no wrongdoing. Nobody's penalized. Nobody's arrested. Nobody's prosecuted.
Why do only companies, not ordinary thieves, get to steal stuff, keep it for years, then grudgingly give it back without penalty, without arrest, without prosecution?
Wage theft is considered a civil offense in most jurisdictions, not a criminal. It's by design, things like arrests and prosecution can only happen for criminal charges.
I think NY only very recently made wage theft classify as a larceny offense, under some circumstances.
I ain't doubting you 'cuz what do I know, but making wage theft only a civil, not criminal offense, is just another example of a system stacked for the wealthy and against real people.