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Some workers across the city rejoiced on Wednesday when the NYC Council passed paid sick leave legislation. Find more information on this story here.

The owners of Colony Diner have pled guilty to cheating seventy-two of their workers out of minimum wage and overtime pay. Find more on this story here.

Delivery workers at Chop’t restaurants claim that their rights have been violated by the popular chopped salad restaurant. Find more on this story here.

An ongoing initiative which focused on full-service restaurants in Florida, has found widespread violations of the FLSA. Find more on this story here.

Servers at Blue Ribbon Restaurant in Brooklyn, New York have sued the restaurant for unlawfully skimming tips. Find more information on this story here.

A Bojangles’ restaurant violated the discrimination laws when it failed to accommodate a Muslim employee's religious beliefs. Find more on this story here.

A former server for the Mallozzi Group has accused the restaurant of cheating its servers out of more than $1 million worth of tips over the last two years.

Peter Luger Steakhouse has been sued by four former waiters for minimum wage, overtime and tip shaving violations. Find more information on this story here.

Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that undocumented aliens could recover overtime wages due to them under the FSLA. Find more on this story here.

Celebrity chef Mario Batali has agreed to fork over a whopping $5.25 million to settle tip-skimming allegations at eight Italian-style restaurants he co-owns.