Labor Dept.: Suits against restaurateurs for retaliation are rare
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Chubby's Pub operated in Black Rock for over a decade before closing its doors.Keila Torres Ocasio / Hearst Connecticut Media
When the U.S. Department of Labor filed suit against two local restaurant owners for retaliating against employees who won back pay after complaining to federal officials, the case became one of only three of its kind in the past six months in all of New England.
Spokesman Edmund Fitzgerald said “retaliation” lawsuits against employers by the labor department are rare.
According to the lawsuit, Edwin Hernandez was employed as a dishwasher at the Ole Dog Tavern in Stratford when he filed a complaint with the labor department over about $20,000 in owed back wages and overtime.