Starbucks reaches $39M settlement with NYC

Starbucks has agreed to pay a $38.9 million settlement related to allegations of labor law violations in New York City.

The city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection reportedly found Starbucks violated the law more than half a million times since 2021 by failing to provide workers with stable schedules, according to The New York Times.

Roughly 15,000 hourly workers are slated to receive restitution through the settlement.

Starbucks officials said the law is "notoriously challenging for businesses to navigate" and that the violations were "about compliance" and "not about withholding wages or failing to pay partners."

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