Immigrant workers awarded $4.6 million

NEW YORK – A federal judge yesterday ordered a payday for three dozen immigrants who toiled for years as delivery workers at New York City restaurants without proper wages.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael Dolinger ordered the owner of several popular Vietnamese cafes to pay more than $4.6 million in back wages and overtime dating to 1999, plus fines and penalties, to a group of former employees who said they had received substandard wages.

The payment also compensates each worker thousands of dollars for supplying their own bicycles and scooters for the job.

Associated Press

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