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'Theft is theft' - Bill making employers theft of workers' wages a crime passes (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by luthis@lemmy.nz to c/politics@lemmy.nz

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This wasn't a crime before?

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[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Okay, great. Who from the company will go to jail? If it's just a fine, then it's just the cost of doing business. Nothing will change. Companies will continue to steal. If they don't get caught, then it's profitable. If they do get caught, it's a loss they offset by stealing some more.

[–] notabot@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

Make the fines, multiplied by the probability of actually getting fined, greater than the value of the theft and it becomes more economical not to steal peoples wages.