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Employees at the Waverly Diner charge that the restaurant's owner cheated them out of $2 million in lost wages — then ducked out of paying them by declaring bankruptcy.

Starting on December 31st, tipped workers will earn a minimum of $7.50 an hour.

Three employees filed complaints against the owner, who also had to pay the government $23,400 in fines.

But it's not all bad news...

The national unemployment rate might have seen a decline last month, but don't think New York's content being like everybody else.

The New York State Department of Labor has released the employment data for June, and the news is not specifically too good.

The U.S. Labor Department released its monthly "Employment Situation Summary" today, and the numbers from December have some financial analysts nearly giddy.

The U.S. Labor Department's job report is worse than anticipated: for the first time in 11 months, there was no net increase in jobs.

The owners of a Manhattan car wash are in hot water

Weird, the latest job numbers aren't wrist-slittingly depressing. According to the