![]() ![]() ![]() “Fast food corporations like Domino’s and McDonald’s cannot hide from their responsibility for these unlawful practices,” Naquasia LeGrand, a restaurant worker and member of the Fast Food Forward pressure group, said in a statement. However campaigners urged fast-food parent companies to take action to ensure their franchisees complied with labour laws. “Because the case didn’t involve us (nor did we know about it), we have nothing to comment on.” “In any industry, franchisees are independent business owners, responsible for their own personnel practices,” Tim McIntyre, a spokesman, said in an email to the Guardian. Meanwhile seven lawsuits, some of them requesting class-action status, were filed earlier this month against McDonald’s and several of its franchisees in California, Michigan and New York, lawyers announced on Thursday afternoon.ĭomino’s, which reported profits of $143m last year on $1.8bn in revenue, distanced itself from the settlement and stressed that it should not be blamed for the actions of individual outlets. In December he mandated the reinstatement of 25 Domino's pizza workers who had been fired after complaining that were not being paid the minimum wage at their jobs at a location in Manhattan. Schneiderman last week announced a $500,000 settlement with a McDonald's franchisee in New York City. The settlement is the latest in a series of actions by Schneiderman amid a growing national campaign by unions and other representatives of low-paid restaurant workers for action against “wage theft” by bosses and a raise in the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10 or even $15 an hour. As well as New York City, the deal affects outlets in Dutchess, Erie, Nassau, Rockland, Schenectady, Suffolk and Westchester counties. The two worst offenders must also hire an independent monitor, who will make unannounced spot checks on their outlets. “My office will be relentless in pursuing fast-food employers that underpay the hardworking people who are the backbone of their operations.” Under the terms of the settlement, the franchisees must also improve training and complaints procedures. ![]() “The violations in these cases demonstrate a statewide pattern of Domino’s franchisees flouting the law and illegally chiselling at the pay of minimum-wage workers, who struggle to survive as it is,” Schneiderman said in a statement. Other workers were not properly paid for working overtime. An investigation by Schneiderman’s office into “wage theft” found that some stores violated state laws that workers must be paid for at least three hours work if they are sent home early because of slow business, and paid an extra hour when working shifts that last more than 10 hours.ĭelivery workers were being paid $5 an hour – 65 cents less than the state’s legal minimum for delivery staff who receive tips – and were not reimbursed for expenses relating to the use of their cars and bicycles. ![]()
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