Dick Lee Pastry, a restaurant in San Francisco's Chinatown neighborhood is currently involved in an employee lawsuit that yielded the biggest single settlement payment the city has ever received, according to The San Francisco Chronicle. The employer was allegedly violating a number of time and attendance laws in its failure to adhere to state minimum wage or issue overtime pay for extra work.

In fact, the restaurant was accused to forcing its employees to work as many as 11 hours each day, six days a week, while the company paid them for a fraction of that work, the source adds.

"They only gave me three hours on my paycheck, but I worked 9 (a.m.) to 9 (p.m.) - 11 hours because I got an hour for lunch," one employee told the source. As a result of these payroll issues, city labor inspectors estimate employees were only receiving $4 per hour on average, which is half of the state minimum wage for regular hours.

Perhaps more egregious, one employee said that in addition to the long hours she put in at the restaurant, she also worked in the employer's home as a maid.

"No worker in San Francisco should be forced to work for less than minimum wage," said City Attorney Dennis Herrera. "And it's not just about the workers. You have to make sure you have a level playing field for businesses."

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