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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 […]

Pop star claims she was ‘threatened’ by airport security in ‘hate crime’


Pop star claims she was ‘threatened’ by airport security in ‘hate crime’

Pop singer Bebe Rexha has had objects thrown at her on stage – once leaving her with a black eye – and claimed that she was “punished” by the music industry for it. Now she claims to have been the victim of a hate crime. According to Entertainment Weekly, the 34-year-old New York native published […]