Jobs with Justice Blog » tipped employees http://www.jwjblog.org Building a movement for workers' rights & economic justice. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:14:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Sweep of Ithaca Restaurants Finds Labor Law Violations at Most http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/01/sweep-of-ithaca-restaurants-finds-labor-law-violations-at-most/ http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/01/sweep-of-ithaca-restaurants-finds-labor-law-violations-at-most/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:30:44 +0000 Pete Meyers http://www.jwjblog.org/?p=1168 Press ConferenceOn December 10th, the New York State Department of Labor’s (DOL) Commissioner Patricia Smith, announced in a joint press conference [video here] with the Tompkins County Workers’ Center and Ithaca Mayor Carolyn Peterson, the findings of a targeted DOL investigation of 22 Tompkins County restaurants.  In May 2009, investigators from the DOL’s Division of Labor Standards and Unemployment Insurance found that five of the restaurants – 23 percent – were in full compliance with labor laws.  However, the other 17 restaurants – 77 percent of those visited – were found to have violated New York State Labor Laws.  Specifically, the DOL found that $87,925 is owed to 93 employees at 6 restaurants for violations such as failure to pay minimum wage and illegal deductions from workers’ paychecks.  Commissioner Smith said:

I’m encouraged by the fact that almost one-quarter of the restaurants we checked were in full compliance with labor laws.  To them I say thank you – thank you for treating your workers fairly and thank you for playing by the rules.  Ultimately,

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