Animas Chocolate & Coffee Co. has been forced to pay penalties to a former employee for violating Colorado’s wage and hours laws.
The decision by Colorado Department of Labor and Employment came after Animas Chocolate & Coffee Co. owner Carley Snider was found not paying wages to former employee Jordan Brown, and the business was notified of the citation on May 31.
A notice of determination and citation from the Department of Labor found that Snider owed penalties in the amount of $405.60 for failing to pay Brown $93.67 of her wages. However, as of when the citation was given, Snider had paid Brown the money owed.
Attempts to contact Snider and ACC for comment were unsuccessful this week, and an email sent to the business on June 19 received no response.
The citation said Brown worked for Animas Chocolate & Coffee Co. from May 11, 2022, to July 5, 2022, for an agreed-upon rate of $15 per hour. The citation said ACC failed to pay the agreed upon rate for her final 38.39 hours worked and instead paid her minimum wage claiming a differential of $2.44 per hour for those hours.
Brown said that was because she did not give notice before resigning from her front-of-house position with the chocolate company.
“They just treated me so horribly that I quit over email without coming back,” Brown said.
Upon being hired at ACC in May 2022, Brown was issued an onboarding packet that she had to sign before starting employment.
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