PEWAUKEE, WI – The U.S. Department of Labor has found the operator of four Wisconsin restaurants violated several federal regulations, denying 110 servers, cooks and other employees earned wages and tips and employing three minors to work later and longer hours than the law permits.
Investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division determined 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. In addition to Pewaukee, the investigation covered the employer’s restaurants in Hartford, Waukesha and West Bend.
The division found Casa Tequila owes the affected employees a total of $272,177 in back wages.
“Violations like those found in our investigation of Casa Tequila are all-too-common in the food service industry,” explained Wage and Hour Division District Director Kristin Tout in Minneapolis. “Restaurants often employ people unfamiliar with their legal rights and protections as workers and who may be fearful about raising or reporting their concerns. Workers concerned about their employer’s pay practices can contact the Wage and Hour Division, anonymously if they prefer, to ask questions and to understand their rights better.”
Investigators determined Casa Tequila violated the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum wage, recordkeeping and child labor provisions when it:
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