A Seattle Domino’s Pizza franchise operator has agreed to pay more than $2.1 million to 1,330 Seattle workers after being accused of violating the city’s secure scheduling, minimum wage and wage theft ordinances.

On Monday, the Seattle Office of Labor Standards (OLS) announced the settlement following its investigation into Carpe Diem Pizza Inc., which operates 14 Domino’s Pizza locations in Seattle and dozens elsewhere throughout the Puget Sound region.

Following the investigation, OLS accused the company of not consistently providing employees with schedules at least two weeks in advance, failed to provide workers with honest estimates of work schedules and did not provide premium pay for those workers whose schedules were changed with less than a two-week notice.

“So many of us were worked to the bone at that franchise, and to have them not follow Seattle law on top of it was so discouraging,” said Lynzie Dugar, who worked for Carpe Diem Pizza in 2018. “It felt like we had no real power to do anything about it since they owned so many stores and none of us could afford to lose our jobs if we were retaliated against.”

The OLS also alleged the company did not pay the Seattle minimum wage to delivery drivers for making deliveries in Seattle when they were working out of a location near the city’s border. Additionally, the OLS said the company failed to consistently pay overtime to employees who worked more than 40 hours in a week.

In a statement, Carpe Diem Pizza called...

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