North Carolina eatery asked some workers to direct traffic, paying them meal vouchers instead of wages, feds say.
"Hey @ChickfilA can you explain why you're allowing a franchisee to hire unpaid positions? This is unacceptable," one person wrote in a tweet.
"We've had multiple people sign up and enjoy doing and have done it multiple times. People who sign up for this chose it voluntarily," the store responded in the comments of its now-deleted post, according to a publishedAtlanta-based Chick-fil-A's corporate office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
An employee who answered the phone at the Hendersonville Chick-fil-A told CBS MoneyWatch that staff had been instructed"not to make any comment." While many food service employees are offered free meals, it can't replace monetary compensation. And a for-profit business can't hire volunteers to work, accordingAnother Chick-fil-A in Tampa, Florida,
in penalties in August after the DOL found it had 17 workers, 14- and 15-years-old, working past 7 p.m. and more than three hours during school days, the DOL noted in its Monday release.
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