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Oakland - The Labor Commissioner’s Office has reached a $2.2 million settlement with the owners of three Saravanaa Bhavan restaurant franchises in Fremont, Milpitas and Sunnyvale. The settlement secures compensation to 317 employees at the three restaurant locations for unpaid minimum wage, overtime, meal premiums, split shift premiums, and inaccurate wage statements. The settlement also covers an allegation that the employers kept tips that had been left for employees by their customers. Each worker will receive, on average, approximately $7,000. As part of the settlement, the employers must make a personal apology to the employees.
“Wage theft not only affects workers economically, but can also affect them psychologically,” said California Labor Commissioner Lilia García-Brower. “My office is working to provide restorative justice to those who have suffered harm. In this case, it includes ensuring workers are paid what they are owed and having their employers acknowledge their wrongdoing.”
The settlement follows an investigation by the Labor Commissioner’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) Unit, which found Labor Code violations that affected the 317 employees including servers, bussers, hosts, kitchen staff and cooks who worked at the three restaurants between February 23, 2016 and September 8, 2019.
Based on its investigation, the PAGA Unit issued a citation for wages and penalties on October 18, 2019, for a total of $6,108,099.
The citation was issued to...
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