Nearly all health workers reported problems with filling the cashbook.
California Labor Commissioner Julie Su said the state has significantly improved its collection rate on back wages in recent years by improving the investigation process and cracking down on employers who retaliate after workers report problems.
Postal workers also reported problems.
At the Washington headquarters of the Lawyers Committeee for Civil Rights, a conference room has been buzzing as about 25 lawyers and law students take calls from voters and election workers who report problems and ask questions.
Washko said there are also state agencies ― usually called a human rights agency or human rights commission ― that serve a similar purpose to the EEOC, and to whom restaurant workers can report problems.
About 43 percent of workers on the four rigs expressed fears of reprisals for reporting problems, the documents said.
In the questionnaire, most workers reported health problems due to heat exposure, including thirst, heavy sweating, muscle cramps, tiredness/weakness, dizziness, and headaches, and a few reported problems with nausea/vomiting and fainting.
Community home-based care workers in South Africa reported problems with supervisors, such as lack of management skills (40%) and 'selfishness' (38%) Moetlo et al. 2011).
Labor leaders and health experts say those numbers significantly undercount the problem, in part because the Bush administration has reduced the categories of recognized injuries and because many dangerous jobs are now performed by undocumented workers who do not report problems.
Instead of a line worker reporting a problem to a foreman, who then calls a repairman, the company's sensors detect a problem and immediately inform the manufacturer, who sends technicians to fix it.
Companies have reported problems finding skilled workers.
