Tolman & Lombos: Wage theft cannot be business as usual
Steven A. Tolman and Darlene Lombos
WE APPLAUD Attorney General Maura Healey for rooting out specific cases of wage theft within our state such as at UnWrapped Inc. in Lowell (“Factory in Lowell to pay $1.2m over wages,” Business, March 10). With an estimated $700 million in wage theft occurring annually in Massachusetts, this $1.2 million settlement is an important victory, but stronger regulations are needed in order to reduce the overall frequency and prevalence of wage theft in our state.