Wages

A survey conducted by the Connecticut Education Association highlights teachers’ biggest concerns.

According to a new report from the United Way of Connecticut, thousands of households are struggling to earn a living wage.

The Connecticut Department of Labor has failed to promptly investigate hundreds of complaints of unpaid wages, according to a state auditor’s report released this week.

The Latino advocacy group OLA of Eastern Long Island has received more calls than ever from workers reporting wage theft. WSHU’s Desiree Diorio spoke to OLA’s executive director, Minerva Perez, about why workers on the East End are falling victim to unscrupulous employers.

Connecticut’s minimum wage will increase to $15.69 an hour in less than a month, but not for tipped workers who can still legally be paid less than $7 an hour.

OLA of Eastern Long Island reports that the number of wage theft cases among the Latino community has skyrocketed this year.

OLA of Eastern Long Island, a Latino-focused nonprofit advocacy organization, is helping victims of wage theft, an increasingly common practice in which employers fail to pay wages or provide employee benefits.

WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s José Luis Martínez to discuss his article, “Wage theft in CT: Millions stolen from workers since 2019,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.

From 2019 through 2022, the Connecticut Department of Labor ordered employers to pay almost $17 million in stolen wages after investigations.

Minimum wage has gone up one dollar every year since 2019. The goal was to put more money in the hands of Connecticut residents without hurting businesses.