Harper Freeman at The Chief reports a Franchisee operating Taco Bell and Dunkin’ locations in New York City will pay $1.5 million in restitution to more than 760 Workers under a settlement reached with the City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) for violations of the City’s Fair Workweek Law, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and DCWP Commissioner Sam Levine announced. On a livestream filmed inside City Hall while lunching on Crunchwrap Supremes, Mamdani and Levine shared that the Franchisee Salz Management LLC violated the rights of Workers across 24 Dunkin’ and Taco Bell locations in Manhattan and Queens by failing to provide the Workers with schedules 14 days in advance and failing to obtain consent for schedule changes. “The Workers didn't have predictable schedules,” Levine said. “They were forced to close the store, then open it the next day without compensation. That's why we're getting money back in their pockets.” As part of a second Fair Workweek settlement reached by DCWP, more than 60 Workers employed at two Manhattan locations of the Fashion Retailer Theory LLC will receive over $277,00. The Franchisee and Fashion Retailer will also pay $176,000 in civil penalties directly to the City for legal violations. Individual payments for some Workers covered by the settlements, Mamdani said, will be more than $10,000. 

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