Pennsylvania Diner Ordered to Pay $1.35 Million in Back Wages

A federal court has ordered Musluoglu Inc., operating as Empire Diner in Lansdowne, Pa., and its owner and manager to pay more than $1.35 million in back wages and liquidated damages to 107 servers and kitchen workers, according to the Department of Labor Wednesday.

The ruling from the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania comes after an investigation by the DOL’s wage and hour division allegedly found that Empire diner used servers’ tips to pay bussers’ wages and violated minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, said the agency.

The employer ...