After an investigation and lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Labor, Utah’s largest Asian grocer — Chinatown Supermarket LLC — has paid $525,000 in back wages, penalties and damages.
The Wage and Hour Division obtained a preliminary injunction against the market when they “attempted to prevent investigators from interviewing employees and instructing employees to tell investigators that they did not work more than 40 hours per week,” according to a news release from the federal agency.
The labor department “also issued a subpoena to the company and its related business, Chinatown Wholesale LLC, to obtain documents about the companies’ pay practices,” the release said. The wholesale company is owned by the same family that owns the supermarket. Resulting documents showed the employer only reported up to 80 hours in a pay period, while also paying a weekly bonus “equivalent to straight time for overtime hours worked.” Under the
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