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Consumer and Worker Protection


Worker Protections: Annual Highlights


Worker Protections: Annual Highlights

Each year, DCWP’s Office of Labor Policy & Standards publishes information about its worker protection activity. Annual reports include metrics about complaints received under each worker protection law, enforcement actions opened and closed, and restitution collected for workers. Key press releases discuss worker protection accomplishments each year.

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Click on each year to view key press releases and worker protection data.

2024

Key Press Releases:

2024 key press releases will be summarized on this page in 2025. For the latest worker protection-related press releases, visit our News page.

Metrics:

2024 Worker Protection Data will be released in 2025.

2023

Key Press Releases:

Feb 27: Mayor Adams, DCWP Commissioner Mayuga Secure Reinstatement of Wrongfully Fired Starbucks Worker Austin Locke

July 12: Mayor Adams Announces Settlement With Media Company L’Officiel USA Over Violations of Freelance Isn't Free Act

Aug 16: Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Settles With Three Major Restaurant Chains Over Fair Workweek Violations

Sep 26: Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Settles with Paris Baguette Over Widespread Violations of Workers' Fair Scheduling Rights

Nov 30: Mayor Adams Celebrates Win for Delivery Workers, Court Allows Nation's First Minimum Pay Rate for App-Based Restaurant Delivery Workers

For more worker protection-related press releases, visit our News page.

Metrics:

View Worker Protection Data (2023)

2022

Key Press Releases:

Aug 9: Mayor Adams, Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Announce Settlement with Chipotle Mexican Grill, Securing $20 Million for Approximately 13,000 Workers

Oct 31: Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Announces Settlement With Mcdonald’s Franchisee Over Repeated Workplace Violations

Dec 6: Mayor Adams Announces Mediation Program to Help Domestic Workers and Employers Resolve Workplace Disputes

For more worker protection-related press releases, visit our News page.

Metrics:

View Worker Protection Data (2022)

2021

Key Press Releases:

Jan 12: Bronx Grocery Workers Return to Work After Filing Complaints with the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection

Nov 16: Mayor, Attorney General and Dept. of Consumer and Worker Protection Announce $18.8 Million Settlement of Workplace Violations with Home Health Care Companies

Dec 14: Justice For Two Brooklyn Fast Food Workers in City's First "Just Cause" Case

For more worker protection-related press releases, visit our News page.

Metrics:

View Annual Report (Data)

View Annual Report (Narrative)

2020

Key Press Releases:

July 7: Mayor de Blasio and Commissioner Salas Announces $160,000 Sick Leave Settlement For Airline Service Workers

Sep 30: Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Announces $25K Settlement in First Paid Safe Leave Case

Nov 23: Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Announces Fair Workweek Settlements Totaling Nearly $300K For Fast Food Workers

For more worker protection-related press releases, visit our News page.

Metrics:

View Annual Report (Data)

View Annual Report (Narrative)

2019

Key Press Releases:

July 11: Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Announces Decision Awarding $172k to Worker Who Was Retaliated Against for Asserting Paid Safe and Sick Leave Rights

Nov 26: On the Two-Year Anniversary of the Fair Workweek Law, de Blasio Administration Announces Settlement with Mcdonald's Franchise for Violations of Workers' Rights

Dec 19: Mayor de Blasio and New York State Attorney General James Announce Settlement with Starbucks for Violations of City's Paid Safe and Sick Leave Law

For more worker protection-related press releases, visit our News page.

Metrics:

View Annual Report (Data)

View Annual Report (Narrative)

2015 - 2018

Metrics:

View 2018 Annual Report (Data)

View 2018 Annual Report (Narrative)

View 2017 Empire State Poll results

View 2015-2017 Annual Report (Data)

View 2015-2017 Annual Report (Narrative) in: English | Español (Spanish)

Public Hearings

2018:

Read testimony | hearing transcript

Watch videos in English and Español (Spanish)

2017:

Read testimony | hearing transcript