New York City’s minimum wage for NYC app-based restaurant delivery workers is now $19.56/hour before tips

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Photo credit: City Of New York New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga announced today that the city’s minimum pay rate for app-based restaurant delivery workers … Read More

12,000 Home Health Aides in NYC to receive up to $18.8 Million in unpaid wages

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Photo credit: Michael Jung New York Attorney General Letitia James, in partnership with the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP), announced on November 16, 2021, an agreement with two major home care health agencies to deliver … Read More

A Pizza Hut and a McDonald’s must pay a total $221,356 in restitution to 135 workers for violating the Fair Workweek Law

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NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Acting Commissioner Sandra Abeles announced on July 29, 2021 settlement agreements with two fast food franchisees, a Pizza Hut in the Bronx and a McDonald’s in Brooklyn, to resolve violations of the … Read More