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Fairfield County Bakery Owner Ordered To Pay Nearly $1M In Back Wages, Damages To 74 Employees Fairfield County Bakery Owner Ordered To Pay Nearly $1M In Back Wages, Damages To 74 Employees
Fairfield County Bakery Owner Ordered To Pay Nearly $1M In Back Wages, Damages To 74 Employees The owner of several bakeries in New York and Connecticut has been ordered by a federal court to pay nearly $1 million in back wages and damages to 74 employees for violating US labor laws. An investigation by the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found that Pedro Coelho willfully violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by paying bakers and counter staff straight time instead of time-and-a-half, even though they worked more than 40 hours per week. Coelho operates Westchester County's Padaminas Brazilian Bakery, located in Mount Vernon, and Fairfield County's Padaminas NY Bakery,…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Fairfield County Restaurants Pay $116,087 In Back Wages To 35 Employees After DOL Investigation Fairfield County Restaurants Pay $116,087 In Back Wages To 35 Employees After DOL Investigation
Fairfield County Restaurants Pay $116,087 In Back Wages To 35 Employees After DOL Investigation Four Fairfield County restaurants have paid out more than $115,000 in back wages and damages to nearly three dozen employees for violating overtime regulations. Following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), four Garelick & Herbs restaurants and its owners have paid out a total of $116,087 in back wages and liquidated damages to 35 employees for violating the overtime and record-keeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The four restaurants - Garelick & Herbs in Westport, Greenwich, New Canaan and Saugatuck - and owners Jaso…

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by Zak Failla
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Fairfield Eatery Ordered To Pay Nearly $250,000 In Back Wages Fairfield Eatery Ordered To Pay Nearly $250,000 In Back Wages
Fairfield Eatery Ordered To Pay Nearly $250,000 In Back Wages FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Fairfield restaurant and its owner must pay $244,930 in back wages and liquidated damages to eight employees as part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. Division investigators found that Vinny’s of Fairfield Inc. – which does business as Vinny’s Ale House – and owner Ernst H. Buggisch failed to pay required overtime to back-of-the-house employees when they worked more than 40 hours per week, according to a statement from the Department of Labor. In the settlement, the company also agreed to pay $2,992 in penalties for violations o…

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