New York, NY — New York City Comptroller Brad Lander announced this year’s “Employer Wall of Shame,” These include the businesses with the most violations in wrongful termination, prevailing wage violations, wage theft, and willful violations of workplace safety laws.
Launched on Labor Day in 2024, the Comptroller’s Employer Violations Dashboard is the first-ever citywide transparency and accountability tool to track and analyze workplace violations data across federal, state, and city government enforcement agencies.The dashboard provides an accessible resource for data on violations of worker protection laws, and highlights employers with the most frequent and severe violations.
2024 Worst Employers includes:
Alpha Wave Global LP: As the largest settlement with the NYC Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) in 2024, Alpha Wave Global LP paid $85,000 for retaliatory firings in response to complaints about race and sexual orientation-based discrimination.
Amazon: The highest number of open Unfair Labor Practice (ULPs) allegations in the cumulative period of 2020- 2024. To date, Amazon has 180 alleged ULPs in 68 open cases. The next highest entity, Consolidated Edison, had 27 ULPs, a difference of nearly 148%.
Crown Heights Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation: According to the State’s Department of Labor, the employer owed the most in unpaid wages to NYC-based workers in 2024. A recent settlement with the company secured $467,848 in back wages to workers.
DoorDash: In at least 17 separate instances, the employer failed to pay workers weekly, as is required for app-based delivery companies under City law. Through DCWP’s settlements, DoorDash paid a cumulative total of nearly $24,300 in restitution to workers.
“Far too often unscrupulous employers get away with violating labor laws and the rights of their employees, who are just trying to make ends meet and support their families. Many times, even if they are fined, there is no public record of these transgressions,” said Gary LaBarbera, President of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York. “Every New Yorker deserves to work in a safe and compliant environment that not only adheres to the law, but also pays fair wages and treats the workforce with dignity and respect.”
