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Extra ‘volunteer’ work can’t be paid in chicken

03/20/2023

Fast food restaurants trying to hire workers sometimes tout “free food” as an employee benefit. That doesn’t turn meal vouchers into legal tender. That’s what the Department of Labor decided when it fined a Chik-Fil-A franchise following a recent investigation.

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