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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Musluoglu Inc. dba Empire Diner
Penalty: $1,350,000
Year: 2022
Date: September 14, 2022
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: wage and hour violation
Violation Description: A federal court ordered a Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, diner, and its owner and a manager to pay more than $1.35 million in back wages and liquidated damages to 107 servers and kitchen workers after a five-day trial confirmed the business operators used an illegal tip pool.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Labor Department Wage and Hour Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Pennsylvania
Facility City: Lansdowne
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