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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

New Jersey shutters 27 Boston Market restaurants over unpaid wages, related worker issues

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

State labor officials have temporarily shut down more than two dozen Boston Market restaurants in New Jersey after finding multiple violations of workers’ rights, including more than $600,000 in back wages owed to 314 employees.

A stop-work order was issued Tuesday by the Department of Labor against 27 restaurants across New Jersey. The state also imposed nearly $2.6 million in penalties against the firm.

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