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New Jersey restaurant fined $144,000 for discriminating against employees when working overtime


New Jersey restaurant fined 4,000 for discriminating against employees when working overtime

A Newark restaurant has been fined $144,000 for failing to pay dozens of waiters, cooks and busboys overtime, state officials said. The Swahili Village Bar and Grill company paid back $62,335 in overtime and $62,335 in damages for underpaying 84 workers, the U.S. Department of Labor said in a statement. In addition, the restaurant was […]

Car backs into Staten Island house, damaging gas line, say National Grid and FDNY


Car backs into Staten Island house, damaging gas line, say National Grid and FDNY

STATEN ISLAND, NY — Several residents were evacuated as a precaution Tuesday afternoon after a gas line was damaged outside a home in Bulls Head. A heavy smell of gas hung in the air as firefighters responded to the incident at 225 E Signs Rd. between Rustic Woods and Spark Place around 4:40 p.m., according […]