A group of San Francisco fast food workers has won a major and long-deferred victory against their former employers, who have been ordered by the state to pay $2.2 million in wage theft citations.

Golden Gate Restaurant Group Inc., which previously operated six Burger King franchises in San Francisco, owes 230 people who worked at the locations between 2016 and 2019 more than $724,000 in unpaid wages, as well as more than $371,000 in interest and an additional $1.2 million in penalties, the California Labor Commissioner’s Office decided in late December.

The decision followed the franchise owners’ appeal of a $1.9 million citation originally issued in 2020, which has since accrued interest. Owners Monu Singh and Harkiran Randhawa are being held personally responsible for the payments.

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