New York Attorney General Letitia James today secured $440,000 from Denny’s franchise owners Reveille Management, LLC and Top Line Restaurants, Inc. for failing to pay their restaurant workers the full wages they were owed. An Office of the Attorney General investigation found that these franchise owners repeatedly failed to pay more than 1,900 Denny’s workers the extra pay they were owed for long shifts, known as “spread of hours” pay, as required by New York law. The owners must pay $440,000 in restitution to current and former employees whose wages were unlawfully withheld and overhaul their policies and procedures to ensure the violations do not continue.  

“Denny’s workers kept these restaurants running through long days and late nights, and they deserve to be paid every dollar they earned. These franchise owners ignored clear wage laws and shortchanged hardworking New Yorkers. My office will continue to stand up for workers and hold employers accountable when they cheat people out of their pay.” – AG James