'Theft is theft' - Bill making employers theft of workers' wages a crime passes
'Theft is theft' - Bill making employers theft of workers' wages a crime passes
This wasn't a crime before?
Okay, great. Who from the company will go to jail? If it's just a fine, then it's just the cost of doing business. Nothing will change. Companies will continue to steal. If they don't get caught, then it's profitable. If they do get caught, it's a loss they offset by stealing some more.
Make the fines, multiplied by the probability of actually getting fined, greater than the value of the theft and it becomes more economical not to steal peoples wages.