Georgia restaurant chain to pay $104,000 in back wages
Following an investigation by the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor, a Fayetteville, Georgia-based restaurant chain was ordered to provide 230 workers with more than $100,000 in back wages.
The investigation uncovered several Fair Labor Standards Act time and attendance violations at five This Is It! BBQ & Seafood locations, including failure to pay tipped employees minimum wage and compensate more than 40 hours of employee attendance per week with time-and-a-half payment. Additionally, minors were allowed to work later at night than permitted by law, which incurred an additional $1,867 fine.
"The restaurant industry is rife with wage violations and evasive business practices ... all of which deny low-wage and vulnerable workers the pay guaranteed to them by law," said Oliver Peebles III, regional administrator of the Wage and Hour Division in Atlanta.
Former employees of Welasco, Texas-based Buffalo Wings & Rings recently filed a lawsuit in the hope of securing a similar result. Three women who worked at the restaurant between 2009 and 2010 claim their employer failed to pay them time and attendance compensation, The Monitor reports.
The investigation uncovered several Fair Labor Standards Act time and attendance violations at five This Is It! BBQ & Seafood locations, including failure to pay tipped employees minimum wage and compensate more than 40 hours of employee attendance per week with time-and-a-half payment. Additionally, minors were allowed to work later at night than permitted by law, which incurred an additional $1,867 fine.
"The restaurant industry is rife with wage violations and evasive business practices ... all of which deny low-wage and vulnerable workers the pay guaranteed to them by law," said Oliver Peebles III, regional administrator of the Wage and Hour Division in Atlanta.
Former employees of Welasco, Texas-based Buffalo Wings & Rings recently filed a lawsuit in the hope of securing a similar result. Three women who worked at the restaurant between 2009 and 2010 claim their employer failed to pay them time and attendance compensation, The Monitor reports.
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