Jack in the Box Franchise Owner to Contest Wage Violation Fine

The owner of 26 Jack in the Box franchises in Northern California is appealing penalties of $903,085 for failure to pay overtime to 40 allegedly misclassified managers.

Nor-Cal Venture Group Inc. misclassified the managers as exempt and required them to work a minimum of 45 hours a week without overtime pay, the California Labor Commissioner’s Office said in an Aug. 9 statement.

Under state law, managers who spend less than half their work time on managerial duties must be paid overtime.

State investigators found the workers were performing the same duties as other employees but were earning less than minimum ...