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PEWAUKEE, Wis. — Federal authorities say the owner of Casa Tequila in Pewaukee denied 110 servers, cooks and other employees their earned wages and tips, as well as hired three minors to work later and longer hours than the law permits.
According to a news release from the U.S. Department of Labor on Monday, Wage and Hour Division investigators found Casa Tequila LLC of Pewaukee and owner Maria Campuzano "operated an invalid tip pool at its Pewaukee restaurant, failed to pay the proper overtime rate of pay when required and miscalculated overtime wages due to some employees."
Federal officials also investigated the employer’s restaurants in Hartford, Waukesha and West Bend.
Investigators say Casa Tequila owes those employees a total of $272,177 in back wages.
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