CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The local owners and operators of two Mio's restaurants were fined for allegedly violating child labor laws and underpaying managers.

Dan and Leslie Igo own a Cincinnati location and previously owned a Milford location.

An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that the owners violated the Fair Labor Standards Act.

• At the Cincinnati location investigators determined:
• 12 minors, under the age of 16, illegally allowed to use manual fryers, operate gas ovens with an open flame, move pizza in and out of a broiler/conveyor oven, and use a mechanical dough puller and sheeter. These activities violate federal hazardous orders that forbid young workers from performing cooking and baking operations.
• 16 minors assigned to work in violation of hours worked standards.
• One manager denied required overtime wages because the employer paid them a weekly salary of $584 and improperly claimed they were a salaried manager and exempt from overtime. By law, employers may only claim an exemption from overtime for managers when they meet several duties tests and are paid weekly salaries of more than $684 a week.

In Milford investigators found:

• Nine minors, under age 16, also performing the same hazardous cooking and baking operations.
• 20 minors working in violation of federal limits for work hours.
• One manager owed back wages because the employer claimed the same incorrect overtime exemption for managers.

The Milford location has...

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