Decatur Mexican Restaurants Liable For Back Wages and Damages
Are you aware of what you are paying your employees and when? A federal judge in Urbana has ordered Dolores Onate, owner, and Ricardo Onate, manager, of the El Matador Inc. and El Caporal Inc. restaurants in Decatur to pay a total of $1,149,702.50 in back wages and damages to 64 workers employed as servers and kitchen staff. This judgment resolves a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor following an investigation by its Wage and Hour Division that disclosed willful violations of the minimum wage, overtime pay and record-keeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act at three locations. Ownership and management has to be aware of the regulations the govern FLSA.
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
1-303-658-9342
$450,000 Fine Hits Landscape Company
According to the news release, 
Peach Tree Maintenance Inc. employed a combination of foreign and local workers. Twenty-four employees were hired under the federal H-2B “nonimmigrant program that permits employers to hire foreign workers to meet a temporary need for nonprofessional, nonagricultural skills.”
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
1-888-884-3910
