Heather Cherone | July 29, 2021 4:14 pm
(WTTW News)
Chicago hit two firms including global snack food giant Mondelez International with $935,000 in back pay and fines for running afoul of the city’s sick leave law, as Mayor Lori Lightfoot vowed Thursday to step up efforts to protect workers.
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Mondelez, which makes snacks including Oreo cookies, Ritz crackers and Trident gum, failed to provide paid sick leave to 465 employees from July 2017 through early 2020, officials said.
As part of a settlement agreement with the city’s Office of Labor Standards, Mondelez will pay $475,000 in restitution to the employees who were denied sick leave pay as well as a $95,000 fine, officials announced.
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