{"id":184972,"date":"2026-04-03T23:38:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T23:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/184972\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T23:38:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T23:38:21","slug":"nyc-gets-back-1-8-million-for-workers-at-dunkin-taco-bell-and-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/184972\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Gets Back $1.8 Million for Workers at Dunkin\u2019, Taco Bell, and Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On March 24, Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Sam Levine joined Mayor Zohran Mamdani to <a href=\"https:\/\/click.actionnetwork.org\/ss\/c\/u001.XaF8mXqsA6b2dSPmhsleMSbi6MCKKdYv2uT54ef7tjkMOTcc5ipjUf0CBX-A1MDk3icTdIRwcS0kt-DQV06GLNCTYNBVMlcEt_eiZGIR8TaKmao7UeedK7i41-QSqMpRLNydZJOAy8zl4Ps822YJo2b6QZl240ljogA2xVlgQHRXUBhL1SjfaEO1tr7yA9z1xSVMVOtjcqKUWXRn7dnWseC2Ct5ovxKT56_FottueBD07cNqRjZsuPP6dF6eF8xor6qqa2qBa9plfDm9-UUxCcG6m9o4ao9uhJmajxuDIhsKypep_rgRgEzMHE7YwQA8bjVm0SmtUYv7KIcsL_RPUmNiRb_1QvG0fG44NUfH3MAqVmCoG81163IbPRNztMsRrhcHNRkMgvAwMOEibdi5qw\/4ph\/Ef_sJbq0TE6ueeWylQVXuA\/h5\/h001.L04yI3l-2PcmvOD0jqSlOtBCIOEOZlR9RqGxQrJeliE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announce settlements<\/a> that will provide more than 830 workers with more than $1.8 million to resolve violations of the City\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/click.actionnetwork.org\/ss\/c\/u001.XaF8mXqsA6b2dSPmhsleMSbi6MCKKdYv2uT54ef7tjngw3M_pN7tNn4k_yzZnAwQ19PIyNFShMGVWDVwVxPGy1HtlQJsU9oABOT8HR0hk09pMTDos_8Dky9oDEfUyWmuzux6xo6hFA5kKmvoPdyoCUxQDc1FIKrG_7wi8w6diggVKGyoKmLsScOtIMtf-a6zatzHPgMzmDDQbKFE8sLo76KPOFQtxSnW-L2_2uRdWn8m9XPGSm80WimN2ZkyoyPuP2oGg0zmfYsUoWljmYnruZVA-25zQae1C63Q27Riq8rHiFsDLdGeNyG2oPcrHbhs\/4ph\/Ef_sJbq0TE6ueeWylQVXuA\/h6\/h001.MayXeFp19b6iGdouNOTROhVBecJ1zW6iOQEBqx3mZp0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fair Workweek Law<\/a>. In addition to restitution, Dunkin\u2019 and Taco Bell franchisee Salz Management LLC and premium fashion retailer Theory will pay more than $176,000 in civil penalties and costs. Workers will receive restitution via mailed check or direct deposit in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>DCWP also announced the filing of an enforcement petition against QSR Management LLC, a Dunkin\u2019 franchisee that operates locations in Staten Island, and managing corporate officer Ronny Nader for violating the rights of approximately 1,000 workers under the <a href=\"https:\/\/click.actionnetwork.org\/ss\/c\/u001.XaF8mXqsA6b2dSPmhsleMSbi6MCKKdYv2uT54ef7tjngw3M_pN7tNn4k_yzZnAwQUI-YsA7qFqV0I1Fp12gy1Oax0pOOcPYf-oV-IgvBvPMsK31-goeemwBirK3lpI0ED5qSyiF4BpDhBM3_XwFRYDdj8CNqyJGUG6dzQ_sdxHCMHGSRE7Yx7ycTGj3yQ4kHtX9sYFSnNJ7s1yIdyKPXcXjSfaSdgZQatoVBdNQ7qM08tauPW8iZ1pH_EhV_ml3vfmchgI6P3OiuNMzPKGbgfm6JfujIL7QfFxFkBIB-JjPgAaOJuR75RXGjJYsvDYhhtcdU5UZDHavAkRSuBVsmFg\/4ph\/Ef_sJbq0TE6ueeWylQVXuA\/h7\/h001.N-YVAKpIOXa2Yxu01qTd094zWxpM03dkBGWyoRn8Ork\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fair Workweek Law<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/click.actionnetwork.org\/ss\/c\/u001.XaF8mXqsA6b2dSPmhsleMSbi6MCKKdYv2uT54ef7tjngw3M_pN7tNn4k_yzZnAwQ8LnEL1HULp9IkqRhtzPceAKPunDvtpnJWtYFzltjAG2aLrOtg6w_MIQK5199RY5J3vUoVGSf4yKU0lr9DC2CEWbLAmOUFo1HQUnt5ehEDTxTnsBRlZ12MEh-RzM3nA2-YgPEDuZtq8AyzHv6FN0losu4ghaYE4cuHRAiiq9JcJUyyvRpVLs294x8NtBPdkRt30SdjJNPgdkoiNPHEao2E_Tr1ERkYPBgjkqB5XvrhrW4YYWC51xkiu5HYIuRSzxgfK_l8NvPJ4dPspfplKXpNpg20ld8KWli8CC9hyLoyTM\/4ph\/Ef_sJbq0TE6ueeWylQVXuA\/h8\/h001.QXoLP-5gg5uYN-lU1m5CHktHq2gjra_nJtdn351j6ME\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Protected Time Off Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you believe your worker rights were violated, file a complaint at <a href=\"https:\/\/click.actionnetwork.org\/ss\/c\/u001.XaF8mXqsA6b2dSPmhsleMSbi6MCKKdYv2uT54ef7tjngw3M_pN7tNn4k_yzZnAwQio5PtnWBAWvyfWpQdEXPF2ZjvEjpCAf0LcpJkvqlwg6Sz1P8T56CT7CFdV0liWaCar0Msl3guTKk-o_J0SHJdGi_6zDEXmqXbIX02wKNHFr91TRpLTRDYKpq227ljbznuvGi6cgDmgudtFq5kN8BI8pkehts9luGZ4Vb54rdFKvr-1HcigOXKRVH-WHmf78SQA4Q2H1m_klWLlqXgU7mbRoV_jCS3wb5LWvdULCkBbb8PgWhMKNqISh3_BSHgmC5c0wE7af0uUH4aJch2J6ReQ\/4ph\/Ef_sJbq0TE6ueeWylQVXuA\/h9\/h001.g9oTUcuIEdaZvyFhXVRDCtVSKcVQkWDN1n0wYVFvXeo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nyc.gov\/workers<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On March 24, Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Sam Levine joined Mayor Zohran Mamdani to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":{"0":"post-184972","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-ny","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-nyc-headlines","12":"tag-nyc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}