Restaurant failed to pay proper overtime, kept part of workers' tips
A federal judge has told owners and managers of Taqueria Garibaldi restaurants in Sacramento not to retaliate against employees who are cooperating in labor investigations against the employer.
This was after an Aug. 4 stipulation claimed that the Che Garibaldi company, restaurant owners Eduardo Hernandez and Hector Manual Martinez Galindo and restaurant manager Alejandro Rodriguez deprived workers of earned wages, reported The Sacramento Bee.
The complaint alleges they failed to pay proper overtime, kept part of workers’ tips and pressured employees not to cooperate with federal investigators.
The Department of Labor notified Taqueria Garibaldi restaurant owners that it had evidence of overtime and record-keeping violations. After that, however, one of the chain’s owners showed up at the Howe Avenue restaurant with a priest, reported The Sacramento Bee.
Hernandez and the priest asked workers if they wanted to take time out of their day to take confession, but the priest asked if shift leader Maria Parra drank alcohol, had ever stolen anything at work, arrived late to work or if she did anything to harm her employer, according to the report, citing Parra’s account in court documents.
Parra was allegedly fired three months later. This was a retaliation for her cooperating with the investigation and as intimidation of other employees, federal officials claimed.
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