Restaurant ordered to pay up after making staff confess to work "sins"
A US restaurant has to pay $140,000 in back wages and damages to 35 employees after management pulled an unexpected stunt.
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A US restaurant has to pay $140,000 in back wages and damages to 35 employees after management pulled an unexpected stunt.
The owners of Taqueria Garibaldi hired a fake priest to hear confessions during work hours and “get the sins out.”
The owners and operators of a California chain were ordered to pay workers $140,000 in back wages and damages.
A restaurant chain in California enlisted a fake priest to take confession from workers, with the supposed father urging them to "get the sins out" by telling him if they'd been late for work or had stolen from their employer, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The restaurant owner, Che Garibaldi, operates two Taqueria Garibaldi restaurants in Sacramento and one in Roseville, according to a statement from the Labor Department. Attorneys for the restaurant company didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. The alleged priest also asked workers if they har...
It may have seemed a bit unconventional for a priest to show up at their place of employment to offer confession, but workers at the Taqueria Garibaldi restaurant in Sacramento...