Sixty-eight employees of two Manchester restaurants have been paid nearly $264,000 in back wages after their employers were found to have violated federal minimum wage and overtime laws.Puerto Vallarta Mexican Grill and Nuevo Vallarta Mexican Grill.
Restaurants pay workers, penalties for labor violations
June 2, 2021
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) Sixty-eight employees of two Manchester restaurants have been paid nearly $264,000 in back wages after their employers were found to have violated federal minimum wage and overtime laws.
Puerto Vallarta Mexican Grill and Nuevo Vallarta Mexican Grill also paid $38,000 in penalties, the U.S. Department of Labor said Wednesday.
Labor department investigators found that the restaurants failed to pay workers for time spent cleaning, failed to properly calculate overtime at both restaurants and coached workers on what to say to investigators.
“Employees have the right to be paid all the wages they have earned and to participate in investigations without repercussions for having done so, said regional Solicitor of Labor Maia Fisher. When employers violate those rights, we will take necessary and appropriate legal action.”
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Christopher Delmonico and Niall O Neill are accused of threatening their employees and taking their wages, according to labor officials. (Shutterstock)
FAIRFIELD, CT Two Fairfield County restaurateurs who are accused of threatening employees and taking workers wages are the subject of a recent court order, according to federal officials.
The U.S. Department of Labor obtained the order against Christopher Delmonico, owner of the now-closed Chubby s in Bridgeport and co-owner with Niall O Neill of The Ole Dog Tavern, which has locations in Fairfield and Stratford, a department news release said. The defendants continually violated their employees rights, first denying them proper pay and then using intimidation to claw back the monies they were legally required to pay the employees to resolve the violations we found, said Sarah Thomas, wage and hour division assistant district director, in the news release. Their actions are illegal and unacceptable.
Fairfield County restaurant owners allegedly threatened employees to kick back wages: court order
Officials said the owners of Chubby s in Bridgeport and the Old Dog Tavern allegedly threatened to retaliate against employees. Author: FOX61 Staff Updated: 1:47 PM EDT April 5, 2021
HARTFORD, Conn. Two Fairfield County restaurants and their owners are now facing a lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Labor for allegedly threatening to retaliate against workers to kick back wages.
The department announced Monday it had obtained a court order blocking the owners of Chubby s in Bridgeport and the Old Dog Tavern in Stratford from retaliating against its employees and filed a lawsuit to recover the money they allegedly stole from their workers.