Utah's largest Asian grocer ordered to pay $525,000 for violating labor laws
Utah's largest Asian grocer was ordered to pay $525,000 in back wages, penalties and damages as a result of a U.S. Department of Labor investigation. The lawsuit: Chinatown Supermarket, a family-owned grocer in Salt Lake City Chinatown, faced a federal lawsuit in March 2022 for obstructing an investigation regarding its labor practices. According to a news release from the Wage and Hour division, a preliminary injunction against the supermarket was obtained when they “attempted to prevent investigators from interviewing employees and instructing employees to tell investigators th...