Roundabout wage theft: The limits of regulatory protections for Ontario workers in precarious jobs
Roundabout wage theft: The limits of regulatory protections for Ontario workers in precarious jobs
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迂回工资盗窃：对从事不稳定工作的安大略省工人的监管保护的局限性
DOI：
10.1111/wusa.12443
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发表时间：
2019
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
S. M. Bromfield
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作者：
K. Mirchandani;S. M. Bromfield
本文重点关注加拿大安大略省从事不稳定工作的工人所经历的工资盗窃事件。工人报告说，雇主利用微妙的方式克扣工资，本研究中的一位受访者将其描述为“迂回”克扣工资。我们认为，《就业标准法》的执行不仅需要对公然克扣工资采取行动，还需要采取积极主动的措施，挑战雇主导致工资克扣的微妙做法。我们强调两种导致工资盗窃的做法，尽管这些做法本身并不总是违法。首先，雇主使用未来话语，唤起未来工作或报酬的承诺，以阻止员工对拖欠工资采取行动。其次，雇主建立了令人困惑的支付结构，将拖欠工资掩盖为难以发现的错误。
This article focuses on wage theft experienced by workers in precarious jobs in Ontario, Canada. Workers report that employers utilize subtle forms of wage theft, which one respondent in this study described as “roundabout” wage theft. We argue that the enforcement of the Employment Standards Act requires not only action on overt wage theft but also a proactive approach which challenges employers' subtle practices which result in wage theft. We highlight two sets of practices resulting in wage theft, although these may not always in themselves represent violations of the law. First, employers use discourses of futurity where promises of future work or payment are evoked to deter employee action on unpaid wages. Second, employers set up confusing payment structures which mask unpaid wages as difficult-to-detect errors.