NYC Fast-Food Worker Protections Upheld by Second Circuit (2)

Restaurant industry groups challenging a New York City law protecting fast-food workers from arbitrary firings and reduced hours failed to convince a federal appellate court in Manhattan to strike down the employee protections on Friday.

The Wrongful Discharge Law’s provision barring fast-food chains from firing employees without just cause isn’t preempted by the National Labor Relations Act, and it doesn’t run afoul of the US Constitution’s dormant commerce clause, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said.

The ruling is a blow to the Restaurant Law Center and the New York State Restaurant Association that brought the constitutional ...