Subway franchise owners must pay workers nearly $1M - and also sell or close their stores
- Owners of 14 Subway locations near San Francisco were ordered to pay $1 million and sell or shut down their businesses after federal investigations revealed child labor violations and employee mistreatment.
- The franchise owners, John and Jessica Meza, were found guilty of directing children as young as 14 to operate dangerous machinery, violating work hour regulations, and failing to pay employees regularly.
- The Department of Labor will receive the proceeds from the sale of the businesses, which were found to have issued hundreds of bad checks and illegally kept customer tips.
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Court orders Subway franchise owners to pay workers nearly $1M - and to sell or close their stores
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal court ordered the owners of 14 Subway locations north of San Francisco to pay employees nearly $1 million in damages and back pay — and also to sell or shut their businesses, with any sale…
Subway franchise owners must pay workers nearly $1M - and also sell or close their stores
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal court ordered the owners of 14 Subway locations north of San Francisco to pay employees nearly $1 million in damages and back pay — and also to sell or shut their businesses, with any sale proceeds going to the Department of Labor. Federal investigators said franchise owners John and Jessica Meza directed children as young as 14 to operate dangerous machinery, assigned minors work hours that violated federal law, …
Subway franchise owners must pay workers nearly $1M, sell 14 stores north of San Francisco
A federal court ordered the owners of 14 Subway locations north of San Francisco to pay employees nearly $1 million in damages and back pay — and also to sell or shut their businesses, with any sale proceeds going to the Department of Labor.
Subway franchise owners must pay workers nearly $1M - and also sell or close their stores
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal court ordered the owners of 14 Subway locations north of San Francisco to pay employees nearly $1 million in damages and back pay -- and also to sell or shut their businesses, with any sale proceeds going to the Department of Labor.
Subway franchise owners must pay workers nearly $1M - and also sell or close their stores
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal court ordered the owners of 14 Subway locations north of San Francisco to pay employees nearly $1 million in damages and back pay -- and also to sell or shut their businesses, with any sale proceeds going to the Department of Labor.
Subway franchise owners must pay workers nearly $1M - and also sell or close their stores
Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal court ordered the owners of 14 Subway locations north of San Francisco to pay employees nearly $1 million in damages and back pay — and also to sell or shut their businesses, with any sale proceeds going to the Labor Department. Federal investigators said the owners directed children as young as 14 to operate dangerous machinery and failed to pay employees regularly, including by issuing hundreds o…
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