Dominos pays $500,000 in unpaid wages to New York workers

Twenty-three Domino’s Pizza franchise owners have settled their class action lawsuit and admitted guilt amounting to nearly a half million dollars in damages to their deliver drivers. This was not the first fast food related New York class action lawsuit for wage theft in the last year. In fact, it is the second time that Domino’s has settled a class action lawsuit filed by a New York City employee rights law firm.

There were several allegations included in the court filings made by the plaintiffs. As part of their employment contract, drivers are supposed to be paid maintenance expenses and keep all of the tips they earn. The franchise owners were keeping portions of their driver’s tips and not paying the maintenance expenses as they were supposed to as part of their employment agreement. New York restaurant workers’ rights attorneys say that the maintenance expenses were not legally required to be paid automatically, but the franchise owners became legally obligated to pay them once they were offered to the drivers as part of their compensation.

The wage theft in this case is indicative of a larger problem that routinely occurs all throughout the food industry. Franchise owners steal money from their employers out of a sense of greed and entitlement. New York employee rights attorneys encourage restaurant employees to speak with an attorney about their concerns in the workplace. As a general rule of thumb, if it seems like your employer is treating you unjustly, then there is a good chance that something they are doing is against the law.

More and more employee groups are empowering themselves and taking action against abusive and illegal actions by their employers. Employees that band together in New York class action lawsuits are able to swiftly recover large monetary sums without the fear of being singled out and retaliated against by their employer. The two recent class action lawsuits against Domino’s Pizza are just two more examples of the happening.

Speak with the experienced NYC employee rights attorneys at Hepworth, Gershbaum & Roth, PLLC today if you are a delivery driver and you feel your employer has not paid you what you have earned. You can schedule a free initial consultation by calling us at 212.545.1199 or contact us online.