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$161,000 in Back Wages to Go to 268 Employees

Posted on Oct 27, 2011

Two Cheddar's Casual Cafés will be paying more than $161, 500 in back wages to 268 current and former employees, according to the Avalanche-Journal, after a U.S. Department of Labor Investigation found the restaurants in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Not only did the restaurants fail to pay their employees minimum wage, it was also discovered that they failed to keep proper record of when the employees worked. Cheddar's also violated the child labor laws by allowing five 16-year-old employees to operate a trash compactor.

Tipped employees' hourly wages did not add up to the federal minimum, and the restaurant failed to compensate the workers for the difference.

The investigation also found that the employees were not being compensated for the company-mandated meetings and trainings.

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