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Unraveling the past few weeks at Boston MarketUnraveling the past few weeks at Boston Market

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

August 18, 2023

 

Adding to a growing pile of legal and financial woes for the Boston Market corporation, the New Jersey Department of Labor ordered the shutdown of 27 Boston Market locations across the state for multiple instances of labor violations and fined the restaurant company nearly $2.6 million, according to a state department press release issued on Aug. 15.

After an investigation, the New Jersey Department of Labor found that the company owed $607,000 in back wages to 314 workers across the 27 locations in New Jersey, and violations included unpaid/late payment of wages, hindrance of the investigation, failure to pay minimum wage, records violations, failure to pay earned sick leave, and failure to maintain records for earned sick leave. 

About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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