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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.
Click on each year to view key press releases and worker protection data.
2026
Key Press Releases:
2026 key press releases will be summarized on this page in 2027. For the latest worker protection-related press releases, visit our News page.
Metrics:
2026 Worker Protection Data will be released in 2027.
2025
Key Press Releases:
- Apr 1: Mayor Adams Announces Full Minimum Pay Rate for App-Based Restaurant Delivery Workers Is Now in Effect
- May 1: DCWP Announces Nearly $4 Million in Worker Relief From Four Major Businesses in Celebration of May Day
- June 5: DCWP Announces Settlement With BuzzFeed Over Late Payments to Freelancers
- Aug 28: In Honor of Labor Day, DCWP Announces $3 Million Secured for Workers From Four Companies
- Dec 1: Mayor Adams, DCWP Announces $38 Million Settlement With Starbucks in Largest Worker Protection Settlement in City History
For more worker protection-related press releases, visit our News page.
Metrics:
2024
Key Press Releases:
- Jan 26: Protecting Workers: DCWP Settles With Six Major Companies Over Workplace Violations
- Mar 1: Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Releases Workers' Bill of Rights: A One-Stop-Shop for Understanding Your Labor Rights in NYC
- Apr 1: Mayor Adams Announces First Annual Increase In Minimum Pay Rate For App-Based Restaurant Delivery Workers
- Apr 11: Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Celebrates 10 Years of Paid Safe and Sick Leave
- May 13: Mayor Adams, DCWP Commissioner Mayuga Announce More Than $2.5 Million in Worker Relief From Seven Major Companies
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
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:
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:
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.
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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
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: