A federal government investigation of more than a dozen metro Detroit Joe Vicari Restaurant Group operations found the group violated child labor hours, the U.S. Department of Labor announced Thursday.
The labor department says it's recovered $88,020 in back wages and damages for 127 workers at the group's metro Detroit restaurants.
An investigation, according to the labor department, found that the restaurant group violated the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) minimum wage and overtime provisions.
Workers at 13 locations, the labor department found, were denied their full wages. The restaurant operators were also found to allow a "minor-aged employee to work longer and later than legally permitted." For the child labor violations, the labor department assessed the group $791 in penalties.
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The labor department found that the Joe Vicari Restaurant Group violated the wage and overtime provisions when they paid:
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