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These 27 NJ Boston Market Stores Have Reopened After Failing To Pay 314 Workers These 27 NJ Boston Market Stores Have Reopened After Failing To Pay 314 Workers
These 27 NJ Boston Market Stores Have Reopened After Failing To Pay 314 Workers The 27 Boston Market stores in New Jersey that were issued stop work orders last month for failing to pay hundreds of employees have reopened. It gets better, the workers have been compensated. The chicken chain became the center of an investigation by the state's labor department when East Hanover employee Cathy Grimes reported that she and the dozen workers she managed hadn't been paid for two months, the DOL said. It wasn't long before more employees from across the state came forward, too. An investigation by the DOL found that 27 Boston Market stores in the Garden State had not been …

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by Sam Barron & Cecilia Levine
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PA Lawmaker Proposes 32-Hour, 4-Day Workweek PA Lawmaker Proposes 32-Hour, 4-Day Workweek
PA Lawmaker Proposes 32-Hour, 4-Day Workweek Is your whole weekend spent recharging for the workweek?  Does "hump day" seem to never come soon enough? Then new legislation proposed by a Pennsylvania lawmaker is right up your alley. State Rep. Chris Rabb, a Philadelphia Democrat, hasn't formally introduced his bill yet, but he's calling for a four-day, 32-hour work week. The bill would ask the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a cost-benefit study of the shorter workweek. "Everyone deserves to work to live and not live to work," Rabb said in a news release. A California congressman also has proposed a fou…

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by Jon Craig
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Workers At Elizabeth Car Wash Paid Below Minimum Wage, No OT Pay: Lawsuit Workers At Elizabeth Car Wash Paid Below Minimum Wage, No OT Pay: Lawsuit
Workers At Elizabeth Car Wash Paid Below Minimum Wage, No OT Pay: Lawsuit A class-action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the workers at an Elizabeth car wash who were allegedly forced to work for significantly less than the minimum age and did not receive overtime pay despite working up to 70 hours a week or more. The state’s minimum wage was $8.60 an hour in 2018. Attorney Steven Arenson told WPIX 11 that workers at Caribbean Hand Car Wash would face retaliation if they complained about working conditions, including deportation. One of the longtime workers at the business, Carlos Pedronzo, was paid just $5 an hour and suffered two strokes on the job, incl…

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by Paul Milo