Casa Tequila in Pewaukee Found Guilty of Shortchanging Workers $272K in Wages
Casa Tequila in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, has been found by federal authorities to have denied wages and tips to 110 employees and hired three minors to work longer and later hours than allowed by law. The U.S. Department of Labor determined that Casa Tequila violated several federal regulations, including operating an invalid tip pool, failing to pay proper overtime rates, and miscalculating overtime wages. The restaurant owes a total of $272,177 in back wages to the affected employees.