Papa John’s Ordered to Pay Almost $800,000 in Wage Theft Case

[KamaAina]

http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2015/02/09/papa-johns-ordered-pay-almost-800000-wage-theft-case/

A Papa John’s pizza franchise in New York must pay its workers nearly $800,000 in unpaid wages over allegations the business underpaid employees and failed to pay overtime, a state judge ruled last week.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in December sued Emstar Pizza Inc., which operates seven Papa John’s 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 John’s 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 McDonald’s 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 John’s and McDonald’s 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]

1. Wage theft isn't confined to Papa Johns, or R-wing companies.

Are Washington’s 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 government’s 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]

2. Mickey D's has been caught doing it as well

[ND-Dem]

3. it's happening all over. wherever there are low-wage, low-power workers.

Are Washington’s 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 government’s 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 Museum’s 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 aren’t 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 nation’s capital since May….

http://wagetheft.org/wordpress/

[CatWoman]

4. K; R

[surrealAmerican]

5. If it had been an employee who stole from the corporation ...

... 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]

6. Get thee to the greatest page

Good news

[whathehell]

7. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy, lol.

He's the same shit that wouldn't give his employees healthcare, because it would add about

a penny to the cost.

[Scuba]

8. Big Rmoney backer, lives in a castle, cheats his own employees.

What's not to like?