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Brothers pay $1 million for wage and hour exploits at Hollywood car washes

The long arm of the wage and hour law has finally caught up to two brothers who made workers endure a laundry list of workplace violations for years. A Los Angeles court approved a $1 million settlement for about 400 workers who endured years of worker exploitations.

Car wash owners have dirty history

The two brothers, Benny and Nisan Pirian, are apparently no strangers to the legal system. In 2009, the Los Angeles city attorney filed a complaint against the brothers, stating that they used intimidation and threats of violence to discourage workers from reporting work and wage issues.

A year later, a court charged the brothers with 6 criminal counts and both were sentenced to a year in jail.

Lather, rinse, repeat: Wage abuse repeated at 4 car wash locations

In the lawsuit, workers claimed they sometimes put in 10-hour days, but were paid below minimum wage - a Fair Labor Standards Act violation. Some workers reported that they weren't paid a wage and only survived on tips. 

Systematic FLSA violations common in low-wage industries.

"Intimidation and wage abuse is common among jobs in low wage or minimum wage jobs," said employment lawyer Galvin Kennedy. "Employers who continually violate the Fair Labor Standards Act won't be caught until employees speak up against wage violations. Order our free book to learn your rights."

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Kennedy Hodges LLP does not represent the case above, but we have helped hundreds of employees across all industries to recover back pay from their employers.