Fast food franchises that make employees pay for safety training, background checks and their own uniforms? Ignoring child labor law? And don’t even think about being short on the register.
The U.S. Department of Labor says employees at five Wingstop locations had to pay the cost to work for the boss, Miami rapper Rick Ross’ Boss Wing Enterprises. But, then, Boss Wing Enterprises had to pay $114,427 in back pay, damages and civil money penalties, Labor announced Thursday.
That breaks down as $51,674 in back wages and liquidated damages for 244 workers, about $211.78 per employee, and $62,753 in civil money penalties.
Boss Wing Enterprises, through which Ross owns and operates 30 Wingstop locations, directed all questions about labor violations to Wingstop corporate headquarters when reached by the Miami Herald Tuesday. The violations were reported earlier by other outlets, including XXL Magazine.
Boss Wing Enterprises is run out of Southhaven, Mississippi by Tommie Roberts (Ross’ mother) and Tawanda Roberts (Ross’ sister). Florida state records say they’re the managers of each of the six Boss Wing Wingstop locations registered in Florida (owners of multiple restaurant franchise locations commonly register each location as its own corporation).
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