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Louisiana Cajun food retailers pay $571K following Dept of Labor Investigation
Posted on 12/14/16 at 4:29 pm
Posted on 12/14/16 at 4:29 pm
SCOTT, La. – Investigators have found more than $571,000 in back wages, liquidated damages and penalties resulting from labor violations at area Cajun food retailers just six months after the U.S. Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division found violations at another local specialty meat processor.
The Best Stop Supermarket Inc., SHYY Inc. – doing business as Romero’s Grocery – and Don’s Specialty Meats Inc. violated the minimum wage, overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Violations included:
•Failing to pay workers for all hours they worked, including 15 minutes spent before and after scheduled shifts counting cash drawers.
•Deducting wages from workers’ pay illegally for cash register shortages which effectively brought their wages below the required federal minimum wage.
•Paying straight time rates, in cash “off the books,” for overtime hours worked.
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The Best Stop Supermarket Inc., SHYY Inc. – doing business as Romero’s Grocery – and Don’s Specialty Meats Inc. violated the minimum wage, overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Violations included:
•Failing to pay workers for all hours they worked, including 15 minutes spent before and after scheduled shifts counting cash drawers.
•Deducting wages from workers’ pay illegally for cash register shortages which effectively brought their wages below the required federal minimum wage.
•Paying straight time rates, in cash “off the books,” for overtime hours worked.
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This post was edited on 12/14/16 at 4:34 pm
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Posted on 12/14/16 at 4:30 pm to sjmabry
quote:
The Best Stop Supermarket Inc.
Best Boudin hands down
Dem cracklins were $16.99 a lb. and they couldn't afford to pay their employees.
This post was edited on 12/14/16 at 4:34 pm
Posted on 12/14/16 at 4:31 pm to sjmabry
Billy's got hit with this too a while back
Posted on 12/14/16 at 4:34 pm to Brosef Stalin
quote:
Billy's
Best boudin
Posted on 12/14/16 at 4:35 pm to sjmabry
I'm still gonna buy an ice chest full of sausage and boudin every time I pass that way (once a year). Best Stop is the GOAT
Posted on 12/14/16 at 4:36 pm to sjmabry
The Department of Labor has been very active the last few years on overtime issues.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 4:38 pm to chinhoyang
quote:Entry level production positions are easy targets.
The Department of Labor has been very active the last few years on overtime issues.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 5:04 pm to sjmabry
I finked out a former employer to the IRS and DoL before. I used to work at a car wash/oil change place. I was like 18 at the time and it was my summer second job (main job was as a cook) I was supposed to get $10 an hour.
Well when it came time to get paid it was really short. I asked why and was told taxes. I asked for my itemized deductions and was sent out the office.
Next paycheck, the same thing. He was an ex NFL player and a big guy, he tried to intimidate me when I asked for my missing money, so I just left before my shift and called the IRS, and the DoL.
A few months later that car wash was closed.
Moral, pay your employees. If you are going to claim you are taking taxes out, make sure you actually are taking taxes out.
Well when it came time to get paid it was really short. I asked why and was told taxes. I asked for my itemized deductions and was sent out the office.
Next paycheck, the same thing. He was an ex NFL player and a big guy, he tried to intimidate me when I asked for my missing money, so I just left before my shift and called the IRS, and the DoL.
A few months later that car wash was closed.
Moral, pay your employees. If you are going to claim you are taking taxes out, make sure you actually are taking taxes out.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 5:09 pm to Brosef Stalin
quote:
Billy's got hit with this too a while back
Rumor had it back then that Don's turned Billy's in. If true, Karma certainly is a bitch because Billy's was on the hook for far less ($200k range, I believe).
Posted on 12/14/16 at 5:15 pm to sjmabry
For the prices that they charge for cracklins, these fines should be easily recouped!
Posted on 12/14/16 at 5:25 pm to sjmabry
I hope $570k was Don's part
Posted on 12/14/16 at 6:08 pm to sjmabry
I don't know about all of that, but I was addicted to those hotdogs at the Carencro Don's like a fiend is to crack.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 6:40 pm to Polycarp
His place in carencro also burned a couple months ago
Posted on 12/14/16 at 6:44 pm to sjmabry
quote:
The Best Stop Supermarket Inc., SHYY Inc. – doing business as Romero’s Grocery – and Don’s Specialty Meats Inc.
WTF? Best Stop owns Don's?
Posted on 12/14/16 at 6:53 pm to CajunAlum Tiger Fan
There is a comma in there
Posted on 12/14/16 at 7:01 pm to CoachChappy
Ah, now I see it, read it too fast, but the dashes are pretty bad too.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 7:13 pm to sjmabry
As long as Nunu's is paying their employees, I'm good. 
Posted on 12/14/16 at 8:02 pm to CajunAlum Tiger Fan
quote:
There is a comma in there
Yea, Romero's is a store down the road from Best Stop. Apparently owned by Best Stop.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 8:04 pm to yellowfin
quote:
His place in carencro also burned a couple months ago
Friction fire?
Checkbook was rubbing to hard on the insurance policy?
Posted on 12/14/16 at 8:08 pm to CHEDBALLZ
quote:
Checkbook was rubbing to hard on the insurance policy?
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