https://github.com/publici/wage-theft
Code and data for "Cheated at Work," a Center for Public Integrity investigation of the effectiveness of federal wage theft laws and the agency charged with enforcing them.
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Code and data for "Cheated at Work," a Center for Public Integrity investigation of the effectiveness of federal wage theft laws and the agency charged with enforcing them.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/publici/wage-theft
- Owner: PublicI
- License: cc-by-4.0
- Created: 2021-01-20T18:07:09.000Z (about 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2022-03-11T02:42:04.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-07-03T23:06:15.354Z (7 months ago)
- Topics: data, department-of-labor, open-data, wage-theft, workers-right
- Language: R
- Homepage:
- Size: 2.45 MB
- Stars: 4
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Cheated at Work
This 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.
The series consists of four major stories:
* ["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.
* ["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.
* ["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.
* ["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.
All stories were published in partnership with The Associated Press and Univision.
### Here's what's in this repo
#### [wage_theft_repeat_violators.R](wage_theft_repeat_violators.R)
This 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/)
#### [wage_theft_immigrants.R](wage_theft_immigrants.R)
This 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/)
#### [wage_theft_guest_workers.Rmd](wage_theft_guest_workers.Rmd)
This 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/)
### Some notes about the data
* 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.
* More information about the wage theft files can be found in the [data dictionary](data/wh_data_dictionary.xlsx) in the data folder.
* 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).
* 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).
* 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/).
### Questions?
For questions about the contents of this repo, email [Joe Yerardi](https://publicintegrity.org/author/joe-yerardi/) at jyerardi@publicintegrity.org.
### License & Attribution
This data is being released under a CC BY 4.0 license. You are free to copy, redistribute and adapt this data. All that we ask is that you provide appropriate credit and a link to this license. You can [view the full LICENSE here](LICENSE).