Case: Wage & Hour/Unpaid Wages (W.D. Pa.)

A federal district court granted the acting secretary of labor summary judgment as to claims that Picante Grille LLC is liable for allegedly failing to pay some of its employees the requisite minimum wage and overtime compensation and failing to keep adequate records of such in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Picante Grille operated a restaurant that was bought from Picante LLC which was co-owned by the brother of a Picante Grille co-owner at one point. The court ruled that Picante Grille was subject to successor liability despite the slight name change in operating companies because the name ...