My Mother Refused to Pay My 13-Year-Old for Six Weeks of Work. Forty-Eight Hours Later, the Labor Board Knocked.

makes it more likely we’ll look into it. Small businesses cheat all the time. Send me what you’ve got.”

When I hung up, the car was very quiet.

“What are you doing?” Maya asked softly.

“Making sure what they did has consequences.”

She swallowed. “Are they going to go to jail?”

“Probably not. But they might get fined. The bakery might get shut down. They’ll continue reading …