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Days After Golden Krust CEO Commits Suicide, Workers Seek Class Action Lawsuit Over Wages

Less than a week after Golden Krust CEO Lowell Hawthorne shot and killed himself in his Bronx, N.Y., factory, the Caribbean bakery-and-restaurant chain was hit with a wage lawsuit brought by two former employees. The New York Daily News reports that William Anderson and Sixto Ramirez filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday, saying that…

By

Angela Helm

Published

December 9, 2017
Obama Administration's Overtime Expansion Rule Blocked by Federal Judge in Texas

A federal judge in Texas blocked an Obama administration expansion of the overtime rule on Tuesday, just days before it was set to take effect. The Labor Department measure, which would have gone into effect Dec. 1, would have expanded which employees were eligible for overtime pay by doubling the salary level at which…

By

Monique Judge

Published

November 22, 2016