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

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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 7 points 2 days 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 3 points 2 days 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.