South Carolina chain agrees to pay employees back wages for overtime
Local restaurants are in vogue and the popularity of community-exclusive offerings has even sprouted a term to describe advocates of these businesses. Locavores are people who primarily patronize companies that use nearby resources and/or are owned by community members. However, mom and pop shops are not without fault - they sometimes violate the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) time and attendance provisions.
This was case with Miyo's, an Asian chain in Columbia, South Carolina, that has agreed to pay 97 employees a total of $44,000 in back wages for unpaid overtime, according to the Department of Labor.
"At all seven Miyo's restaurant locations we found many low-wage employees working long hours, without any overtime compensation, and at times earning wages far below the federal minimum wage," said Michelle Garvey, director of the WHD district office. "Unfortunately, these types of labor violations are all too common in the restaurant industry."
This is not a problem that's exclusive to Miyo's, according to the DOL. Since 2009, investigations have found that $2.5 million in back wages were owed to 2,500 workers in South Carolina. To ensure they don't continue, the DOL has asked that Miyo's install a timeclock or another timekeeping system to ensure employees receive the wages they are owed.
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