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KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Three Kalamazoo-area restaurants under joint ownership have been ordered to pay $225,000 in back wages to 82 employees after the U.S. Department of Laborâs Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found minimum wage and overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
In a consent judgment, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan has ordered the three restaurants and Francisco Hernandez, Felipe Ortiz, Rosa Bravo, Juan Carlos Ortiz and Marcos Macias Jr., the restaurantsâ owners, to pay the back wages after a WHD investigation. Investigators say they found found minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping violations at Los Amigos of Kalamazoo Inc., and Los Amigos Grill Inc., operating as Los Amigos Mexican Restaurant, both located in Kalamazoo, Michigan; and at Riviera Maya Inc., operating as Riviera Maya Bar and Grill in Portage, Michigan.