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Court Orders PA Diner To Pay $1.35 Million In Back Wages To 100+ Workers After Investigation Court Orders PA Diner To Pay $1.35 Million In Back Wages To 100+ Workers After Investigation
Court Orders PA Diner To Pay $1.35 Million In Back Wages To 100+ Workers After Investigation A federal court ordered a Pennsylvania diner to pay $1.35 million in back wages and liquidated damages to more than 100 workers after an investigation, authorities said. An investigation and five-day trial found that the owners of Empire Diner in Lansdowne required their servers to turn over 10 to 15 percent of their total tips received on any given shift to pay the bussers’ wages, the Department of Labor said. On Aug. 18, a US District Court judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ordered Musluoglu Inc., owner Ihsan Gunaydin, and manager Engin Gunaydin to pay $1.35 million…