A Lynbrook pizzeria was ordered to pay more than $178,000 in back wages, damages and civil penalties for failing to pay employees overtime after a federal investigation, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
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By Mike Smollins
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1/20/22
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Let’s say it like it was: 2020 was miserable. It was a horrid year for us all. Everyone — everyone — was affected to one degree or another by . . .
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1/7/21
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Nine bakeries –– six of them Italian pastry shops –– were in business in Elmont when Paul Sapienza took over his parents’ popular Hempstead Turnpike bakery, Sapienza’s, in 1973.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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11/14/16
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A Bellmore spa is among a half-dozen Long Island nail salons that owe a total of $203,000 in back wages, damages and penalties, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
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8/25/16
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The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a series of consent judgments in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ordering seven Long Island restaurants, including one in …
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4/23/14
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Xaga Sushi, the Asian Fusion restaurant at 217 Merrick Road in Merrick, and its sister restaurant of the same name at 1330 Broadway in Hewlett, paid employees less than minimum wage and no overtime, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The restaurants also illegally required the wait staff to pool its tips with the kitchen staff, and failed to maintain required payroll records, the DOL said.
The government ordered the restaurants and their owner, Mei Yu Zhang, to pay more than $288,000 in back wages, damages and civil penalties.
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By Brian Racow
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12/11/13
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Q: I obtained a summer internship through my college career center in a field relevant to my major. I am working full-time for a private, for-profit employer. However, I am not getting paid. Is this …
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By Max Sicherman
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7/16/13
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The storm-battered Long Beach Medical Center, which was slated to reopen its doors this week, is now eyeing a mid- to late-April opening.
The 162-bed hospital has remained closed as it undergoes …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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4/3/13
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“All my eggs are in one basket,” said Marnie Greenfield, an out-of-work Long Beach Medical Center employee who is also displaced from her home in the Canals.
Greenfield is a radiologic …
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By Alexandra Spychalsky
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1/10/13
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The Jackson Hotel, which was sold last month and is undergoing renovations, was slapped with a stop-work order last week, after building inspectors discovered asbestos in the 90-year-old building, at 405 E. Broadway.
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By Vanessa Canner
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8/23/12
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