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Meet the Visionary Behind Caughtyah : Jason Hunter
At the heart of CaughtYah’s mission to eradicate wage theft and empower individuals stands Jason Hunter, a passionate advocate for fair compensation and financial transparency. With a profound commitment to creating positive change in the world of payroll and earnings, Jason Hunter embarked on a journey that led to the creation of CaughtYah.
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Wage theft often goes unpunished despite state systems meant to combat it
If someone steals money from their employer, they could be guilty of a serious crime. But what if an employer takes money from their employee's paychecks? There's a good chance they'll get away with it, a CBS News investigation found. Whether it's paying less than minimum wage, withholding tips or pressuring staff to work off the clock, so-called wage theft siphons billions from Americans' paychecks. Through extensive data analysis and interviews with local, state and federal officials, along with victims of wage theft across the country, CBS News found the systems designed to protect those workers often fail. CBS found that even when they win their cases, inconsistent enforcement and a patchwork of local, state and federal regulations means many victims are never paid a dime, while others are left waiting months or even years for a resolution.
Watch: Local sheet metal unions win back pay for wage theft and worker misclassification
Wage theft and worker misclassification are forms of exploitation that litter the construction industry, where unscrupulous employers take advantage of employees to pay them less than what they are owed. A recent Economic Policy Institute (EPI) study found that construction workers lose out on as much as $16,729 per year in income and job benefits; the EPI also reported that wage theft costs American workers as much as $50 billion per year — more than annual robberies, burglaries and motor vehicle thefts combined.
SMART locals are fighting against such practices from coast to coast – helping workers win the pay that they deserve.
“Wage theft is occurring everywhere in the construction industry, and employers will take advantage of those people who may not know what
Want to be a criminal in America? Stealing billions is your best bet to go scot-free
In the United States, only certain types of theft are newsworthy.
For example, on 14 June 2021, a reporter for KGO-TV in San Francisco tweeted a cellphone video of a man in Walgreens filling a garbage bag with stolen items and riding his bicycle out of the store. According to San Francisco’s crime database, the value of the merchandise stolen in the incident was between $200 and $950.
According to an analysis by Fair, a media watchdog, this single incident generated 309 stories between 14 June and 12 July. A search by Popular Information reveals that, since 12 July, there have been dozens of additional stories mentioning the incident. The theft has been covered in a slew of major publications including the New York Times, USA Today and CNN.
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