The special ingredient is exploitation
It's being reported that NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has gotten another victory for workers exploited by a
Papa John franchise owner.
Ronald Johnson, who owns five uptown Papa John's, didn’t pay workers fractions of hours, overtime or reimburse workers for costs associated with delivery bicycles, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Thursday.
Luis Juarez, who worked at one of the Papa John's at 142nd St. and Broadway, said he was paid $5 an hour as a deliveryman but ordered to do all manner of work, from making pizzas to packing up food.
In 2012, Ronald Johnson was named part of the
40 under 40 list of rising business stars in New York.
A detail freak who does mental time-and-motion studies as he watches his employees bake pies, Mr. Johnson does sometimes take a break. He enjoys playing basketball and going to church on Sundays with his great-grandmother, who helped raise him. But his biggest passion right now is pizza. His first Papa John's turned profitable within months, and Mr. Johnson is proud that he's providing more takeout options to a community that he thinks is underserved.
"Beyond making money, I'm getting to have an impact on other people's lives," he says. "I'm having a lot of fun."
A
different Papa John's franchisee was ordered to pay $800,000 in wage theft
penalties only a few weeks ago.