He ' s definitely some type of machine . <| sep |> While that situation is really bad for your wife , that is not the intention of the law and her company or agency is straight up finding loopholes that in my opinion ought to be closed through the law itself . Someone else pointed it out above me , but unfortunately simply because companies will choose to be greedy and not make changes in the spirit of the law does not mean that we should abandon the idea of paying workers their fair share . It also does not mean that people like your wife should simply take one for the team or have to restructure their life by way of getting a new job or something . There should be a way to complain through the appropriate channels against companies that do this sort of thing , and the issue is that some politicians are actively trying to stop these types of changes .