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Four Brothers sued by workers over wages, overtime

Mar 15, 2013 6:12 am
Patricia Doxsey reports in the Daily Freeman a multimillion-dollar lawsuit has been filed against Four Brothers Pizza, a chain of nine pizza restaurants with locations in Dutchess and Columbia counties. The case was brought by the Workers Justice Center of New York in federal court on March 6. It seeks upwards of $2 million for workers denied proper compensation by the company. It is alleged the company forced some of their employees to work long hours, refused to pay minimum wage, denied workers overtime and used threats and intimidation to prevent workers from reporting the violations to authorities. A representative of the Justice Center called the claims made by the workers, "extremely strong." Read the full story in the Daily Freeman.