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A company that owns 40 Burger Kings had to pay $459,000 to workers after it denied them sick leave, in Chicago’s largest-ever labor-law fine

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A company that owns 40 Burger King restaurants in Chicago has paid the city’s largest ever labor-law violation fine.

Tri City Foods is a holding company that says it is Burger King’s second-largest franchisee, with restaurants across six Midwest states. It had to pay a $100,000 fine to the city of Chicago, alongside $458,931 in restitution to workers it had denied sick leave to, according to a Thursday press release by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Block Club Chicago first reported on the news.

Employers at most Chicago businesses must give staff one hour of details ⇒

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