May 2013

Today is National Waiters and Waitresses Day. Find more detailed information on this post featured on Huffington Post here.

A group of McDonald’s restaurants in upstate New York have been accused of “time shaving”. Find more detailed information on this story here.

The New York State Attorney General is investigating whether fast food restaurants have cheated their workers out of wages. Find more on this story here.

A store manager at Crumbs filed a class action lawsuit alleging that managers were denied overtime pay. Find more detailed information on this story here.

Shapiro made good on his retaliatory threat by filing a false criminal complaint against his former bookkeeper. Find more information about this story here.

Three longtime servers and bartenders are suing the Park restaurant, a Chelsea hotspot, for paying them incorrectly. Find more on this story here.

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.