Headline:
US Department of Labor secures federal court order requiring 4 Washington-based restaurants to pay $750K in wages, damages to 42 workers
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What the record says:
The source headline is: US Department of Labor secures federal court order requiring 4 Washington-based restaurants to pay $750K in wages, damages to 42 workers. The source summary says: SPOKANE, WA – The U.S. Department of Labor has secured a federal consent judgment requiring four Washington-based restaurants to pay $750,000 in back wages and damages to 42 workers after an investigation uncovered minimum wage and overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.Entered in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, the order comes after the department’s Wage and Hour Division found Nolberto and Guillermina Rodríguez, owners of Blanco Inc. and Mi Rancho Chico Inc., doing business as Rancho Chico in Spokane, Colville, and Omak, failed to pay employees required overtime of time and one-half their regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek. Additionally, Rancho Chico paid some nonexempt employees on a salaried basis for all hours worked, which led to earnings below the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. In addition,
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Source:
http://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20260615
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http://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20260615