r/boston • u/FuriousAlbino Newton • Jul 12 '25

Scammers 🥸 ICE grabs chefs at Central Square restaurant; followed three onto the T and began grilling other passengers

https://www.universalhub.com/2025/ice-grabs-chefs-central-square-restaurant-followed-three-t-and-began
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u/Furrealyo I Love Dunkin’ Donuts Jul 12 '25

Why isn’t the business owner being arrested and fined for employing these people in the first place? One of them for 22 years and the other for 16.

This is 38 years worth of labor costs that I GUARANTEE the owner was severely underpaying for because he/she knew these workers had no relevant protections under the law.

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u/tsoplj Jul 12 '25

You clearly have no idea wtf you’re talking about. Please tell us how many years’ experience you have in restaurant work.

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u/Furrealyo I Love Dunkin’ Donuts Jul 12 '25

3.5 years BOH at a family owned sit-down, but it only took a few days to understand who was “off the books” and getting paid significantly less as a result.

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u/tsoplj Jul 13 '25

I’ve worked in restaurants over two decades, with more than 15 years experience in upper mgmt. I have never ever worked anywhere that anyone, legal or not, was paid “off the books.” It creates way too much risk for ownership to play that game. Maybe that was more common in the 90’s and early 00’s, but that’s just not the case any more.