"City Council Member Shahana Hanif, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, Deputy Public Advocate for Education and Opportunity Elizabeth Kennedy, and the Workers' Justice Project stood alongside affected workers at a press conference on Dec. 2 outside Indian Spice on Seventh Avenue. They demanded that the restaurant's owner, Mariam Khandakar, finally comply with the order now that her appeal period ended on Nov. 24, making the ruling enforceable."
"During its investigation, the Department of Labor found that Indian Spice violated multiple New York labor laws. The violations included paying workers below minimum wage for several years, failing to pay overtime despite 75- to 80-hour workweeks, denying employees a required weekly day of rest, and failing to provide mandated meal breaks. The agency also found that the restaurant failed to maintain payroll records, making wage and unemployment claims significantly more difficult to process."
Former employees of Indian Spice in Park Slope remain unpaid after a New York State Department of Labor Order to Comply required the restaurant to pay roughly $3 million in restitution and penalties. The order includes about $915,000 in unpaid wages and overtime and additional penalties. The Labor Department found multiple violations, including below-minimum wages, unpaid overtime despite 75–80 hour weeks, denial of required weekly rest days, missing mandated meal breaks, and failure to maintain payroll records. Elected officials and worker advocates urged enforcement now that the owner's appeal period ended, and called for measures such as placing a lien to recover funds.
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