tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685903630161577363.post6810300839823588435..comments2024-02-29T06:59:47.661-05:00Comments on Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home: Florida Retail Federation Supports Wage Theft, Loses ArgumentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685903630161577363.post-65875974142036360982012-04-23T09:31:35.987-04:002012-04-23T09:31:35.987-04:00Good idea! If there's truly a financial proble...Good idea! If there's truly a financial problem and they tried to meet payroll but couldn't, I'd give them one period. But the owners better not pay themselves and better not issue distributions to shareholders while they're withholding pay from employees. I see employers who use salaries to finance extravagant vacations, homes, boats, cars - the gamut. Those creeps need to go to jail.Donna Ballmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03603733714342746822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685903630161577363.post-33526430440835443202012-04-23T07:09:16.120-04:002012-04-23T07:09:16.120-04:00Okay, so I can see a situation where the employer ...Okay, so I can see a situation where the employer intends to pay people but cannot meet payroll. I can see granting an exception for one pay period worth of work, where the employee then becomes a creditor and that debt should not be dis-chargeable in bankruptcy.<br /><br />But anything beyond one pay period should result in jail time.Suzanne Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08416483540570543302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685903630161577363.post-4116896361557615502012-04-20T14:27:51.504-04:002012-04-20T14:27:51.504-04:00Exactly Suzanne! Stealing is stealing.Exactly Suzanne! Stealing is stealing.Donna Ballmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03603733714342746822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685903630161577363.post-73153414965914917572012-04-20T11:59:05.128-04:002012-04-20T11:59:05.128-04:00Why should wage theft be treated differently than ...Why should wage theft be treated differently than other theft? Steal your employees' wages? Go to jail.Suzanne Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07129772885673695447noreply@blogger.com