ABC's Tiempo Addresses Wage Theft in the Restaurant Industry

Attorneys Lillian Marquez and Laura Rodriguez of Pechman Law Group appeared on ABC’s Tiempo with Joe Torres to discuss wage theft in the restaurant industry in New York and the waiterpay.com website.

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Lillian and Laura explain the common violations that occur in restaurants. These violations include:

·     Kitchen workers being paid a fixed weekly salary

·     Workers being paid a shift-pay or day rate

·     Hours after 40 being paid at straight time, instead of at time-and-a-half, as required by law

·     Tips being shared with non-tipped employees or kept by management

If you have any questions regarding wage theft in restaurants, please call 212-583-9500 and speak with one of the attorneys at Pechman Law Group.

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