Applebee's to pay cook who didn't get checks for a year
Source: AP
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (AP) Applebee's officials say they will pay a Rhode Island man who worked at a restaurant for about a year and never received a paycheck.
Caleb Dyl has autism and was placed in the job by the social service agency Resources for Human Development. He started working as a prep-cook at the Middletown restaurant in August 2014, but the 21-year-old's parents say he never received a check.
Applebee's at first agreed to pay Dyl 166 hours, based on the agency's records. But his parents say he actually worked about 480 hours. Now, WPRI-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1GkTT1P ) the chain's New England regional director of operations says the restaurant has agreed to pay Dyl for 480 hours.
The state Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals says it is still investigating.
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Information from: WPRI-TV, http://www.wpri.com
Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ab7f9bb59f974ee5a3f851c80e20a9db/applebees-pay-cook-who-didnt-get-checks-year
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)480*8 dollars = 3840. Shame in Applebee's.
madokie
(51,076 posts)and have no plans to start. Fuck 'm
We have an Applebees here. I ate there one time, never again. The food and service sucked, they treat their employees like shit, and any restaurant who forces their politics on employees or customers will never see a dime from me....ever!
I suggest no one eat there. Let them go under...no loss to the American public. !
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)FSogol
(45,570 posts)Glad I've never gone to one.
ebbie15644
(1,216 posts)I worked with agency's like this and they contact local employers asking them "train" disabled people in their workplace. This agency then says they would pay the wages or they pay part of them
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)Lying pieces of shit. The least that should happen is a big fucking lawsuit and jail time for a few.
Don't kid yourself. The thieving bastards knew they were getting something for nothing.
sorefeet
(1,241 posts)this Applebee's and the manager are scum. If they will rip off a disabled employee, the will rip off a customer.
Reter
(2,188 posts)I understand that he has an autism, but if he can cook how can he not realize after a full year that he's supposed to get paid? If the autism is that severe, I can't see how he can possibly work. Where were his parents the second or third week into this?