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Protecting Fast Food Workers Is Sued By
Restaurants In Friday Dockets In SDNY
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 28 – Fast food workers at
chains with more than 30
locations will be protected
from arbitrary firing in New
York City beginning on July 5,
2021.
The NY Restaurant
Association and something
called the Restaurant Law
Center have sued to stop it.
The case,
filed late on the afternoon of
Friday, May 28 into the docket
of the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York where Inner City Press
found it, seeks an injunction
against "Just Cause Laws" -
and attorneys' fees.
The
lawsuit bemoans the attack on
"at-will employment, a
standard in place for over 100
years."
The law coming
into effect, the suit says,
means that "before discharging
or reducing an employee's
hours by at least 15 percent,
th[e] targeted subset of
employers will be required to
provide 'progressive
discipline.'" The law is, yes,
progressive.
In the
SDNY this week, on the
fast-food (and fraud) front,
Inner City Press covered the
jury trial and conviction of
Ruless Pierre for chicanery
involving two franchises of
Planet Wings, here.
This case is
Restaurant Law Center, et al.
v. City of New York, et al.,
21-cv-4801 (Unassigned)
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