LYNNWOOD—As the City of Lynnwood continues its consideration of a wage theft ordinance, council received a wage theft research presentation conducted by Mayor George Hurst’s intern Issiah Sinclair at council’s Work Session on Monday, August 3. Lynnwood Mayor George Hurt’s intern Issiah Sinclair gave a presentation on wage theft at Monday’s city council meeting. As far as any type of wage theft ordinance, there have only been three in Washington State; Seattle, Burien, and Spokane. Sinclair broke down what city of Lynnwood could do, as far as wage theft prevention, into three main categories – worker protections, investigations, and enforcement. Recent wage theft incidents in LynnwoodThere are at least five known wage theft incidents that have taken place in Lynnwood over the last 5 years.