HARTFORD, Conn — The owners of six Connecticut restaurants have agreed to pay over 100 workers more than $858,000 in back wages and damages after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation.
The restaurants are located in Darien, Fairfield, Greenwich, New Canaan, New Haven and Westport.
The court concluded that the employers violated the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime and recordkeeping provisions. The court awarded a total of $251,129 in back wages for overtime violations and held the employers liable for liquidated damages and forbid them from violating the FLSA’s overtime and recordkeeping provisions.
The employers will be required to pay additional back wages, withheld tips and liquidated damages owed for all the remaining claims, including those for minimum wage, tip pool and other overtime violations.
The employers have required the restaurants and their owners to pay a total of $858,191 in back wages, withheld tips and liquidated damages according to the Department of Labor.
The restaurant's owners are
- 1077 LLC operating as Scena Wine Bar and Restaurant in Darien
- SL Restaurant Group LLC operates as 55 Wine Bar in Fairfield
- Greenwich Avenue Restaurant LLC operating as Sundown in Greenwich
- Siguenza LLC operates as Cava Wine Bar and Restaurant in New Canaan
- 1104 Chapel Street LLC operating as Harvest Wine Bar and Restaurant in New Haven
- 36 Railroad Place LLC operating as Harvest Wine Bar and Restaurant Westport in Westport
Doug Stewart is the Senior Digital Content Producer at FOX61 News. He can be reached at dstewart@fox61.com.
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