General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPapa John’s Ordered to Pay Almost $800,000 in Wage Theft Case
http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2015/02/09/papa-johns-ordered-pay-almost-800000-wage-theft-case/New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in December sued Emstar Pizza Inc., which operates seven Papa Johns franchise locations in Brooklyn and Queens, alleging that Emstar underreported hours worked by employees over the past six years, rounded employee hours down to the nearest hour, and did not pay overtime.
Attorney General Schneiderman is also considering legal action against the franchisor, Papa Johns International Inc., on the theory that it is a joint employer and thus liable for the actions of its franchisees, according to reporting from the New York Post.
The National Labor Relations Board in July ruled McDonalds a joint employer and thus liable for labor or wage violations at its franchise locations in a first-of-its-kind decision that represents a significant victory for workers rights advocates. Corporations like Papa Johns and McDonalds employ about two-thirds of the low-wage workers in this country, but have so far mostly avoided liability for the illegal actions of their franchise owners under the theory that, despite sharing a common corporate brand, each franchise is independently owned and operated.
Lower wages. Lower moral standards. Papa John's.
ND-Dem
(4,571 posts)Are Washingtons Numerous Unpaid Interns Victims of Wage Theft?
July 12, 2013
Eric Glatt, a second-year Georgetown University law school student, got the attention of interns and employers when, after working as an unpaid intern on the hit 2010 film Black Swan, he and fellow intern Alexander Footman filed suit against the movie company, Fox Searchlight Pictures, on grounds that not paying them was a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The lawsuit was filed in September 2011 in federal court in Manhattan, where the film was shot. Last month Judge William H. Pauley III ruled on the side of Glatt and Footman. He said the work they performed did not meet the governments standard for unpaid internships, meaning more educational and vocational, and most of all benefiting them. Instead, he said, their duties were as regular employees in jobs that benefited the movie studio.
Fox Searchlight is in the process of submitting an appeal, but regardless, the case opened the floodgates on an issue that Glatt says is particularly relevant to Washington, where he claims there are more unpaid interns than anywhere in the US. He says these unpaid interns are victims of wage theft.
http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/local-news/are-washingtons-numerous-unpaid-interns-victims-of-wage-theft.php
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)ND-Dem
(4,571 posts)Are Washingtons Numerous Unpaid Interns Victims of Wage Theft?
July 12, 2013
Eric Glatt, a second-year Georgetown University law school student, got the attention of interns and employers when, after working as an unpaid intern on the hit 2010 film Black Swan, he and fellow intern Alexander Footman filed suit against the movie company, Fox Searchlight Pictures, on grounds that not paying them was a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The lawsuit was filed in September 2011 in federal court in Manhattan, where the film was shot. Last month Judge William H. Pauley III ruled on the side of Glatt and Footman. He said the work they performed did not meet the governments standard for unpaid internships, meaning more educational and vocational, and most of all benefiting them. Instead, he said, their duties were as regular employees in jobs that benefited the movie studio.
Fox Searchlight is in the process of submitting an appeal, but regardless, the case opened the floodgates on an issue that Glatt says is particularly relevant to Washington, where he claims there are more unpaid interns than anywhere in the US. He says these unpaid interns are victims of wage theft.
http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/local-news/are-washingtons-numerous-unpaid-interns-victims-of-wage-theft.php
Smithsonian Museums Low-Wage Workforce Walks Out In Protest
July 11, 2013
Visitors to D.C.s Smithsonian museums Thursday will get educated on a subject they likely arent expecting: low-wage worker exploitation by companies that contract with the federal government. Service employees at the museums are going on strike to protest unlivable wages and wage theft, the third such walkout by contracted employees at federal buildings in the nations capital since May
.
http://wagetheft.org/wordpress/
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)surrealAmerican
(11,361 posts)... they would be in jail. Because it's a corporation who stole from employees, they just have to pay it back. There isn't even a fine involved. How is this supposed to deter them from doing it again?
Wage theft needs to be treated as theft.
malaise
(269,022 posts)Good news
whathehell
(29,067 posts)He's the same shit that wouldn't give his employees healthcare, because it would add about
a penny to the cost.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)What's not to like?