Last week, the US Department of Labor reclaimed $370,194 from the owners of Millie’s Cafe — a Los Angeles daytime staple with locations both in Silver Lake and Pasadena — for back wages and damages for employees. In a statement this month, the Department of Labor found Millie’s Cafe violated the law by illegally denying workers overtime wages and hiding the activity.
The department’s Wage and Hour Division found Millie’s Cafe owners Rober Yousef Babish, wife Ivette, and sons Julian and Joseph violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay employees overtime. Investigators found the family-operated restaurant attempted to conceal these labor violations by issuing company checks and giving cash payments to employees. In addition, the DOL cited the Babishes for failing to keep records of employee hours, including overtime.
The original Millie’s Cafe opened in 1926 and a second Pasadena location in 2018. Throughout the decades, a few former owners faced challenges in dealing with government entities. Eater LA reached out to Millie’s Cafe for comment but has not heard back.
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