Overview
- Salz Management will pay more than $1.5 million in restitution to about 760 workers plus roughly $155,000 in civil penalties after a DCWP probe of 24 Dunkin and Taco Bell locations in Manhattan and Queens.
- Investigators found Salz changed schedules without 14 days’ notice, failed to pay or obtain consent for clopening shifts, and did not offer available hours to existing staff as required by law.
- The city separately filed suit against QSR Management LLC and managing corporate officer Ronny Nader over alleged violations affecting roughly 1,000 workers at 21 Staten Island Dunkin stores.
- DCWP noted QSR previously paid relief in 2022, and the new complaint seeks millions in damages tied to Fair Workweek and paid sick leave requirements.
- Officials highlighted ongoing enforcement that included 57 fast-food investigations in 2025 and a $38.9 million Starbucks settlement last December; the companies and parent brands did not respond to requests for comment.