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The city’s newest labor protection law has resulted in a historic legal victory for two former employees of a Mill Basin sandwich shop.
Cameron Driver and Jamarr Goss were both fired, without warning, from their jobs at the Subway sandwich shop at Kings Plaza Shopping Center after calling out for a shift — but the duo successfully sued using the city’s “Just Cause” laws, which are designed to protect fast-food employees from termination without a justifiable reason.
Now, the sandwich shop must pay out $2,200 in lost wages to both Driver and Goss, along with an additional $1,600 in civil penalties to the city, after the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection took up their case.
Mayor Bill de Blasio signed the relevant bills into law in January, which were introduced by councilmembers Brad Lander and Adrienne Adams, and stipulate that a restaurant cannot fire or reduce an employee’s average hours by more than 15 percent without “just cause,” and that an employer must use a system of discipline before firing an employee.
The brand-new bills also amended the city’s Fair Workweek Law, which was signed in 2017 and includes a host of protections for fast-food workers, including mandating regular schedules issued two weeks in advance of a shift, increased pay for schedule changes, and prohibiting restaurants from penalizing employees...
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