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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…