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KPBS interviews Jake Barnes of the workplace justice lab@RU. He says the average wage theft victim in California loses 20% of their paycheck, or about $4,000, per year.
Newsweek reports on minimum wage violations in California, citing a study by the workplace justice lab@RU and quoting Jake Barnes, Janice Fine, and Daniel Galvin.
The Los Angeles Times reports on a study by the workplace justice lab@RU, which finds that minimum wage violations are hurting some of California’s lowest-paid workers.
SF Gate covers a study by the workplace justice lab@RU, quoting Janice Fine. The research finds that minimum wage violations are especially impactful in the Bay Area.
KTLA reports on a workplace justice lab@RU study that finds more Californians are losing wages—and it could soon be harder to recover them. Janice Fine is quoted.


A new study by the Workplace Justice Lab@Rutgers University finds that violations have more than doubled in the state’s major metropolitan areas over the last decade.
Hoodline reports on a landmark wage theft ruling against two construction companies in the Pacific Northwest, quoting Janice Fine of the workplace justice lab@RU.
Inside Philanthropy publishes an op-ed by Janice Fine of the workplace justice lab@RU explaining how funders can turbocharge the Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement program.