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09/30/2022
Lawyer Basic Tong Joins Coalition to Assist Quick-Meals Restaurant Employees
Coalition
Pushes to Defend New York Metropolis Regulation Requiring Simply Trigger to Fireplace Employees at
Quick-Meals Eating places
(Hartford, CT) – Lawyer Basic William Tong joined a nationwide
coalition of 12 attorneys basic, led by New York Lawyer Basic Letitia
James, in submitting an amicus temporary to defend a New York Metropolis ordinance that
protects quick meals workers’ jobs.
The 2021 regulation requires
fast-food chain restaurant employers in New York Metropolis to supply a legitimate
purpose—comparable to unsatisfactory efficiency, misconduct, or a authentic financial
concern—earlier than firing or lowering the hours of an worker. The coalition temporary
argues that the regulation doesn’t violate the Nationwide Labor Relations Act or the
Commerce Clause of the U.S. Structure.
“The fast-food business calls for an infinite quantity of its
workers, and New York Metropolis has chosen to offer them vital job protections.
I stand with staff and with my fellow state attorneys basic on this
coalition in sturdy assist of this lawful statute,” stated Lawyer Basic
Tong.
Within the amicus temporary, the coalition argues that the New York Metropolis
ordinance grows out of well-established state and native authority to implement labor
legal guidelines that present important protections for staff – like minimal wage, additional time, and
prevailing wage legal guidelines.
The coalition temporary, filed within the U.S. Court docket of Appeals for the
Second Circuit, asks the courtroom to uphold the ruling of the U.S. District Court docket
for the Southern District of New York, which agreed that the simply trigger regulation is
not preempted by federal regulation and doesn’t violate the Commerce Clause.
Becoming a member of Lawyer Basic Tong and Lawyer Basic James in submitting
this temporary are the Attorneys Basic of California, Delaware, Illinois,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, and the District
of Columbia.
A replica of the amicus temporary is offered right here.
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