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Brazilian Steakhouse On Jersey Shore Owed Workers $84K In Unpaid Overtime Wages, Feds Say Brazilian Steakhouse On Jersey Shore Owed Workers $84K In Unpaid Overtime Wages, Feds Say
Brazilian Steakhouse On Jersey Shore Owed Workers $84K In Unpaid Overtime Wages, Feds Say A Brazilian steakhouse in Belmar was forced to pay nearly $90,000 in back wages and fines for violating federal overtime rules, officials said. Flames Brazilian Steakhouse was ordered to pay more than $84,000 in back wages and damages for 13 workers, the Department of Labor said in a news release on Tuesday, June 18. The restaurant on the corner of 10th Avenue and Main Street also paid $4,459 in penalties. DOL investigators said owner Dariusz Targonski didn't give overtime pay to hourly or non-exempt salaried employees who worked more than 40 hours in a week. "Peop…

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by Chris Spiker
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All Shook Down: Bergen Payroll Manager’s Extortion Racket Shorted Workers By $1M, State Charges All Shook Down: Bergen Payroll Manager’s Extortion Racket Shorted Workers By $1M, State Charges
All Shook Down: Bergen Payroll Manager’s Extortion Racket Shorted Workers By $1M, State Charges The payroll manager of a Saddle Brook construction company shorted a group of employees' pay by more than $1 million by shaking them down for cash kickbacks, state authorities charged. Toni Jovanoski, 44, of Montvale was charged with misconduct by a corporate official and making false payment claims for a public works contract, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced Monday. At the same time, state officials allowed the general contractor, UniMak, to avoid criminal charges by agreeing to repay the seven cheated employees the full $1,082,041 they lost, he said. For more than five …

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by Jerry DeMarco