Upper Crust cited for overtime violations
The United States Department of Labor recently fined an Upper Crust franchise in Salem, Massachusetts, for violating federal time and attendance laws, according to the Boston Globe.
The department's investigation - which covered the time between January 2009 and April 2011 - concluded that the restaurant's operator failed to compensate 11 kitchen workers with time and a half for working more than 40 hours a week. The franchisee, Michael Buchhalter, was also found to have been delinquent in recording employees' hours.
"The Labor Department will not allow employers like The Upper Crust Pizzeria to violate the law and deprive vulnerable, low-wage restaurant workers of their rightful wages," said Carlos Matos, assistant director of the Wage and Hour Division's Boston office, quoted by the news source.
Buchhalter agreed to pay the workers more than $40,000 in overtime back wages, in addition to an equal amount in liquidated damages.
According to the Boston Business Journal, the restaurant chain also came under scrutiny for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act in 2009, when it was ordered to pay more than $340,000 in back wages to 121 employees at a number of its Boston-area locations.
The department's investigation - which covered the time between January 2009 and April 2011 - concluded that the restaurant's operator failed to compensate 11 kitchen workers with time and a half for working more than 40 hours a week. The franchisee, Michael Buchhalter, was also found to have been delinquent in recording employees' hours.
"The Labor Department will not allow employers like The Upper Crust Pizzeria to violate the law and deprive vulnerable, low-wage restaurant workers of their rightful wages," said Carlos Matos, assistant director of the Wage and Hour Division's Boston office, quoted by the news source.
Buchhalter agreed to pay the workers more than $40,000 in overtime back wages, in addition to an equal amount in liquidated damages.
According to the Boston Business Journal, the restaurant chain also came under scrutiny for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act in 2009, when it was ordered to pay more than $340,000 in back wages to 121 employees at a number of its Boston-area locations.
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