Starbucks will pay more than $38 million in a settlement announced Monday by New York City Mayor Eric Adams, after the coffee giant was accused of violating NYC's Fair Workweek Law over half a million times since 2021.

The big picture: The agreement following an NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection investigation marks the largest worker protection settlement in the city's history, Adams said on X.

Zoom in: About $35 million will go to more than 15,000 New York City baristas who complained that the company failed to provide stable schedules and indiscriminately cut hours, per the settlement. • The order requires Starbucks to pay around $3.4 million in civil penalties to the city. • "It doesn't matter how big your business is — if you violate our workers' rights, you will p

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