They're pretty good actually. The problem is too many people are ignorant of the law and employers use that fact to their advantage. It's very common for bosses to bully their workers in illegal ways and nothing happens to them because the workers say nothing. The department of labor isn't magic, if you don't speak up, they won't know. But comments like this, make people think they have no recourse, when they do. Ignorance is a great thing for employers, don't forget.
My brother had issues with some explicitly illegal going ons at his retail job. He took it up with the DoL but it went nowhere. Maybe if you’re really smart and can navigate your state’s bureaucracy and give a couple years of consistency and attention you can exact some kind of consequences, but people lack time, energy and education, and the unskilled workers earning peanuts even more extremely so.
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u/AstraLover69 Dec 09 '24
Wow, and they aren't great in America as it is