Jul 15, 01:00 PM

$500M in Contracts Awarded to 25 Wage Theft Violators, ProPublica Finds

An investigation by ProPublica and Documented has revealed that 25 employers with histories of wage theft have received contracts worth more than $500 million from New York City and state agencies since 2018. Among these, one nonprofit has secured contracts exceeding $110 million despite committing millions of dollars in wage theft.

#ProPublica #Documented #New York City

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Sources

Washingtonian 🌸@washingtonian
2 years ago
Kenyan fine-dining restaurant, Swahili Village, must pay over half a million dollars to settle a wage theft lawsuit. https://t.co/yImQZygHMa
AG Brian Schwalb@DCAttorneyGen
2 years ago
NEW: DC fine dining restaurant Swahili Village and its executives will pay $526,973 to its workers and to the District for systematically stealing wages and tips from servers, hosts, runners, bussers, and bartenders. Wage theft will not be tolerated in the District of Columbia.
ProPublica@propublica
2 years ago
Our investigation identified 25 wage-theft violators in New York that have won contracts collectively worth more than $500 million from city and state agencies. w/ @DocumentedNY https://t.co/lY1JNe819T

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