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Cheated at Work\n\nThis repo contains code and data for [\"Cheated at Work,\"](https://publicintegrity.org/topics/inequality-poverty-opportunity/workers-rights/cheated-at-work/) a Center for Public Integrity investigation of the effectiveness of federal wage theft laws and the agency charged with enforcing them.\n\nThe series consists of four major stories:\n* [\"Ripping off workers without consequences\"](https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/workers-rights/cheated-at-work/ripping-off-workers-with-no-consequences/) published on May 4, 2021.\n\n* [\"USPS has cheated mail carriers for years\"](https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/workers-rights/cheated-at-work/usps-cheated-mail-carriers/) published on August 31, 2021.\n\n* [\"Wage theft hits immigrants — hard\"](https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/workers-rights/cheated-at-work/garment-immigrant-workers-wage-theft/) published on October 14, 2021.\n\n* [\"As guest workers increase, so do concerns about wage cheating\"](https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/workers-rights/cheated-at-work/guest-workers-increase-wage-cheating/) published on March 2, 2022.\n\nAll stories were published in partnership with The Associated Press and Univision.\n\n### Here's what's in this repo\n\n#### [wage_theft_repeat_violators.R](wage_theft_repeat_violators.R)\nThis R file contains code used to produce the analysis in [\"Ripping off workers without consequences.\"](https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/workers-rights/cheated-at-work/ripping-off-workers-with-no-consequences/)\n\n#### [wage_theft_immigrants.R](wage_theft_immigrants.R)\nThis R file contains code used to produce the analysis in [\"Wage theft hits immigrants — hard.\"](https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/workers-rights/cheated-at-work/garment-immigrant-workers-wage-theft/)\n\n#### [wage_theft_guest_workers.Rmd](wage_theft_guest_workers.Rmd)\nThis R Markdown file contains code used to produce the analysis in [\"As guest workers increase, so do concerns about wage cheating.\"](https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/workers-rights/cheated-at-work/guest-workers-increase-wage-cheating/)\n\n### Some notes about the data\n* The files relating to wage theft investigations in this repo's data folder were provided in response to a FOIA request to the U.S. Department of Labor completed on Dec. 10, 2020. The files contain investigations closed from Oct. 1, 2005 to Sept. 30, 2020.\n\n* More information about the wage theft files can be found in the [data dictionary](data/wh_data_dictionary.xlsx) in the data folder.\n\n* The [citizenship_industry.dat](data/citizenship_industry.dat) and [citizenship_industry.xml](data/citizenship_industry.xml) files relating to the citizenship of particular industries' workforces come from [IPUMS USA](https://usa.ipums.org/usa/index.shtml).\n\n* The [visas_by_type_and_year.xlsx](data/visas_by_type_and_year.xlsx) file comes from the [U.S. Department of State](https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/nonimmigrant-visa-statistics.html).\n\n* More information about the data reporting behind this series, including challenges we faced and key findings, [can be found here](https://publicintegrity.org/inside-publici/newsletters/watchdog-newsletter/data-behind-cheated-at-work-available/).\n\n### Questions?\nFor questions about the contents of this repo, email [Joe Yerardi](https://publicintegrity.org/author/joe-yerardi/) at jyerardi@publicintegrity.org.\n\n### License \u0026 Attribution\nThis data is being released under a CC BY 4.0 license. 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