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University at Buffalo School of Law

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2018

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The Problem Of Wage Theft, Nicole Hallett Oct 2018

The Problem Of Wage Theft, Nicole Hallett

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Wage theft inflicts serious harm on America's working poor but has received little attention from policymakers seeking to address income inequality in the United States. This Article provides a comprehensive analysis of the causes of the wage theft crisis and the failure of the current enforcement regime to address it. It argues that existing policy reforms will fail, because they misunderstand the nature of the crisis and the incentives that employers face when deciding to steal workers' wages. It then proposes series of reforms that could work, while arguing that changing the economic calculus alone will be unlikely to solve …


The #Buffalo 25 And The New Era Of Immigration Enforcement, Nicole Hallett May 2018

The #Buffalo 25 And The New Era Of Immigration Enforcement, Nicole Hallett

Journal Articles

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