Boston Globe:
The Department of Labor has fined an Upper Crust restaurant in Salem more than $80,000 for violating federal overtime and record-keeping laws.
The pizza shop, operated by franchisee Michael Buchhalter, failed to pay 11 kitchen employees overtime when they worked more than 40 hours a week, according to the agency. It also concluded Buchhalter did not maintain accurate records of employees’ hours between January 2009 and April 2011 — the time period examined by the department.
“The Labor Department will not allow employers like The Upper Crust Pizzeria to violate the law and deprive vulnerable, low-wage restaurant workers of their rightful wages,’’ said Carlos Matos, assistant director of the Wage and Hour Division’s Boston office, which investigated the case.