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      I would assume so low because the lack of people reporting it. Or they just don’t know what is happening to them is illegal.

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        Also the DoL is perpetually under-resourced and short staffed. They aren’t one of the “good” law enforcement agencies that get bipartisan support – only the ones who beat up protestors get that kind of universal appeal, somehow. Even though funding to places like the IRS and DoL have insanely good return on investment.

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          Even though funding to places like the IRS and DoL have insanely good return on investment.

          We are a nation of temporally poor billionaires, why would we support funding of agencies that would engage in the pinata economics upon our fellow wealthy owners?

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          As designed. They don’t really want these laws to be enforced, so you create the department but starve it of resources so it can’t do its job effectively.

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        Deff a factor but don’t forgot that the government is ran by people who are in the pocket of big biz. So there but so much enforcement that will ever be allowed. I bet most of it happens v smaller employers too lol

        Just look at things like employment of migrant workers, independent contractor misclassifitions esp ride share and door dash…

        Limp dick clowns