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Waffle House Is Taking Heat For An 'Especially Alarming' Paycheck Policy (www.huffpost.com)

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A union that’s organizing Waffle Houseworkers filed a petition with the Labor Department on Monday, asking federal officials to investigate the iconic chain’s policy of deducting mandatory meal costs from workers’ paychecks.

Waffle House takes at least $3 for each on-shift meal out of workers’ pay, whether they end up eating it or not, according to the petition from the Union of Southern Service Workers. The USSW called it “especially alarming” since many workers are paid a tipped sub-minimum wage “as low as $2.90 per hour,” not including gratuities.

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[-] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 86 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Wage theft enforcement is so desperately needed in the US.

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

And this might just be the place to kick it into action.

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