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Starbucks will pay about $35 million to more than 15,000 New York City workers after investigators found the company reduced hours and failed to provide consistent work schedules, according to the Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n

City officials said Monday the agreement also requires Starbucks to pay $3.4 million in civil penalties to the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection and to comply with the city\u2019s Fair Workweek law moving forward.<\/p>\n

That law requires predictable scheduling and protects workers from sudden cuts that can affect their income or ability to plan for child care, school, or other jobs.<\/p>\n

In a statement, a company spokeswoman said Starbucks intends to operate responsibly across all of its markets, but noted the complexity of the city\u2019s requirements.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis (law) is notoriously challenging to manage and this isn\u2019t just Starbucks issue, nearly every retailer in the city faces these roadblocks,\u201d spokeswoman Jaci Anderson said.<\/p>\n

Under the settlement, most hourly workers will receive $50 for every week they worked between July 2021 and July 2024.<\/p>\n

Employees who believe they experienced violations after that period may still qualify for compensation by filing a complaint with the city.<\/p>\n

The nearly $39 million settlement also ensures that employees affected by recent store closures in the city will be offered the opportunity to return to work at other Starbucks locations.<\/p>\n

New York City\u2019s investigation began in 2022 after officials received dozens of complaints from workers at various stores.<\/p>\n

The inquiry expanded to hundreds of locations and found widespread issues, including inconsistent scheduling and routine reductions to employees\u2019 hours of more than 15%.<\/p>\n

According to investigators, workers often did not know what to expect in their weekly paychecks, making it difficult to plan day-to-day life or pursue additional income.<\/p>\n

The city also reported that Starbucks frequently declined to let employees pick up more shifts, keeping many workers part-time despite their willingness to work additional hours.<\/p>\n

The settlement comes as Starbucks faces a nationwide strike organized by its union, which began last month and continues at dozens of stores.<\/p>\n

The two sides disagree over how many locations are participating and how significant the work stoppage has been.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Starbucks will pay about $35 million to more than 15,000 New York City workers after investigators found the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":417758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,22195,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-417757","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-newyork","12":"tag-newyorkcity","13":"tag-ny","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-starbucks","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115645734862965528","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}