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A Vietnamese restaurant in Chicago has paid almost $700,000 in back pay after it was reportedly found to have violated minimum wage and overtime regulations.
On Wednesday, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced that Tank Noodle Inc. had given $697,295 in back wages to the department’s Wage and Hour Division to be given to 60 employees.
Some of those employees were reportedly owed more than $10,000 each in back wages, according to the announcement.
Management for Tank Noodle Inc. could not be reached for comment on Thursday.
According to the DOL’s announcement, investigators found that the restaurant violated the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum wage and overtime requirements.
The saga surrounding Tank Noodle just took another twist as state officials say they’ve reached out to the owners of the Uptown restaurant to determine if they need to give back a $150,000 Business Interruption Grant (BIG) awarded in September. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Labor revealed that Tank had violated federal laws and owed 60 workers nearly $700,000 in back pay.
The Labor Department said it investigated Tank Noodle over the fall after the restaurant received the grant and found that Tank’s management engaged in wage theft by withholding overtime and garnishing tips; management illegally kept shares from tip pools for themselves.
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