$2.3M in back wages recovered from restaurants

by Ted

NEW YORK – State labor officials said Wednesday they recovered a record $2.3 million in back wages for more than 800 workers at nine restaurants.  The restaurants violated numerous labor laws including those dealing with minimum wage and overtime. The recovery is the largest collection for a single wage-violation case in the state Labor Department’s […]

Wal-Mart violating labor laws, Again.

by Ted

A state district court has ordered Wal-Mart to pay $6.5 million to nearly 56,000 workers. Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, violated the law more than 2 million times over  a six-year period by denying workers time for breaks and forcing them to work “off the clock” for no pay, a Minnesota judge has ruled. Dakota […]