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Federal lawsuit accuses Owego McDonald’s of safety failures, retaliation
Former employees of a McDonald's franchise in the Village of Owego have filed a federal class action lawsuit alleging safety failures, retaliation and other violations. A lawsuit filed on Nov. 9 alleges that the franchisee company that owns the McDonald’s at 29 Hickories Park Road in Owego kept employees working through carbon dioxide leaks and fire-safety failures, failed to pay overtime and wages for all hours worked, retaliated against employees who raised safety and wage concerns and refused to accommodate a manager’s disabilities, allegedly forcing her out of her job. The initial complaint names Mac-Clark Restaurants, Inc., a McDonald's franchisee company that owns more than a dozen McDonald's restaurants across New York including the Owego location that employed the three former employees who are suing. It also names two of the company's managers — a Human Resources Manager and a Supervisor. Former employees Savanna Tuttle, Hailey Swancott and Victoria Tiesi, represented by attorney Megan Quattlebaum, are seeking unpaid wages, back pay, front pay, lost benefits and compensatory, punitive and statutory damages. In a statement, Quattlebaum said they are looking forward to "holding Mac-Clark accountable in court." "Our complaint sets out that Mac-Clark treated the safety and the paychecks of its
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N.Y. dairy farmer runs marathon, raises $30,722 for milk
N.Y. dairy farmer Tyler Beck raised more than $30K by running the N.Y. City Marathon, helping provide roughly 250K servings of milk to families in need. The post N.Y. dairy farmer runs marathon, raises $30,722 for milk appeared first on AGDAILY .
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NYSEG and RG&E Expand Binghamton Energy Control Center
New York State Electric & Gas and Rochester Gas and Electric have expanded the distribution control room at their Binghamton Energy Control Center. The utilities say the project will strengthen outage response across New York. The center coordinates planned and emergency work for NYSEG and RG&E’s transmission and distribution systems....
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Weitsman funds former Carl Sagan property remodel
ITHACA, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – Local entrepreneur Adam Weitsman, in partnership with Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, are converting a former property belonging to astronomer Carl Sagan into a new observatory. Loeb serves as the director of Harvard’s Galileo Project, which aims to bring the search of extraterrestrial life to the mainstream. Weitsman purchased the property in […]
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Hochul announces Click to Renew tool to accelerate professional license renewal