Labor Dept.: Suits against restaurateurs for retaliation are rare
Labor Dept.: Suits against restaurateurs for retaliation are rare FacebookTwitterEmail Chubby's Pub operated in Black Rock for over a decade before closing its doors.Keila Torres Ocasio / Hearst Connecticut Media When the U.S. Department of Labor filed suit against two local restaurant owners for retaliating against employees who won back pay after complaining to federal officials, the case became one of only three of its kind in the past six months in all of New England. Spokesman Edmund Fitzgerald said “retaliation” lawsuits against employers by the labor department are rare. According ...