March 23 (Reuters) – A Taco Bell and Dunkin franchisee has agreed to pay more than $1.5 million to settle claims by New York City that its managers at two \u200cdozen restaurants violated a local law requiring fast food businesses to give workers advance \u200cnotice of their schedules and other protections, Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s office said on Monday.<\/p>\n
Mamdani, who took office in January, campaigned \u200bin part on strengthening enforcement of worker protection laws.<\/p>\n
Salz Management LLC, according to the city\u2019s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, routinely failed to give workers sufficient notice of their schedules, pay extra wages for \u201cclopening\u201d shifts that require workers to close a store one night and open it the next \u200cmorning, and offer available shifts to \u2060existing workers before hiring new ones, among other claims.<\/p>\n
The city also announced on Monday it is filing suit against another Dunkin franchisee, QSR Management LLC and \u2060its managing corporate officer Ronny Nader, on allegations that the business violated New York City scheduling laws for roughly 1,000 workers at 21 Dunkin stores in Staten Island. The same franchisee was required by \u200bthe city \u200bin 2022 to pay relief to more than 100 \u200bworkers.<\/p>\n
Neither franchisee responded to a request \u200cfor comment by publication time.<\/p>\n
In December, New York City announced that Starbucks would pay $38.9 million to settle claims it violated the city\u2019s scheduling law. The office of then-mayor Eric Adams said it was the largest settlement involving worker protection in the city\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
On the day the Starbucks settlement was announced, Mamdani praised the agreement at a press conference he held alongside Senator Bernie Sanders at \u200ca picket of striking Starbucks workers.<\/p>\n
Yum Brands and Inspire Brands, \u200bparent companies for Taco Bell and Dunkin respectively, did \u200bnot respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n
New \u200bYork City was one of the first in the U.S. to limit “on-call scheduling,” \u200ca practice in which retail, fast food \u200band other service businesses \u200bcall workers in or cancel shifts with little notice. Oregon has adopted a similar law, along with Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and several other U.S. cities.<\/p>\n
In 2025, the city \u200bopened 57 investigations against fast \u200cfood employers for possible violations of the scheduling law, according to public metrics.<\/p>\n
Business groups \u200bhave criticized the laws, saying they are unworkable and can lead businesses to cut \u200bjobs.<\/p>\n
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