US EditionStarbucks to Pay About $35M to NYC Workers to Settle Claims It Violated Labor Law
The $35 million settlement addresses over 500,000 Fair Workweek Law violations by Starbucks, affecting 15,000 workers with back pay and reinstatement offers.
- Starbucks will pay about $35 million to more than 15,000 New York City workers and $3.4 million in civil penalties for violating the city's Fair Workweek law.
- The company routinely reduced employees' hours by more than 15%, denied them extra shifts, and failed to provide stable schedules, making it difficult for workers to plan commitments.
- The settlement also guarantees reinstatement for employees laid off during recent store closings in the city.
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Starbucks to pay NYC workers $35 million in labor law settlement
Starbucks to pay $35m to New York City workers it mistreated
Sued over arbitrary schedules and pay cuts, Starbucks will pay $35m to 15,000 of its New York City workers to settle the case; Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders visited picket lines yesterday, and the strike was spreading outside the city. — Read the rest The post Starbucks to pay $35m to New York City workers it mistreated appeared first on Boing Boing.
Starbucks to pay $35 million to New York workers to settle "unfair labor" claims; compensation for 15,000 workers. New York City announced that Starbucks will pay $35 million to more than 15,000 employees after being accused of refusing to provide fixed work schedules and arbitrarily reducing working hours...
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