Three Walgreens locations in Brooklyn were hit with civil penalties and will pay more than $1 million in restitution for workplace violations.
Walgreens will pay more than $1.6 million in restitution to more than 570 workers at three Brooklyn stores, along with $163,000 in civil penalties, according to the city Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.
The company failed to provide workers with 72 hours’ advance notice of work schedules and required employees to work additional hours without the notice or consent mandated under the Fair Workweek Law, among other violations, officials said.
The Walgreens settlement covers workers at stores at 1847 Rockaway Pkwy., 755 Broadway and 3000 Church Ave. in Brooklyn, according to city officials.
“When a company shorts a worker on their schedule or their time off, that worker pays for it — missing their kid’s pickup, losing a shift they were counting on, scrambling to find childcare with two days’ notice,” New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a statement.
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“Everyone’s time is valuable but too often, workers are treated as if theirs isn’t,” said Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice Julie Su. “When an employer drops a schedule on their workers without notice or punishes them for not being able to take a last minute shift, it’s an abuse of power."
The four companies will pay a combined $2.1 million in restitution to more than 1,600 workers, along with more than $218,000 in civil penalties and costs.
