Long Island Diners Pay $159,000 to Settle Overtime and Minimum Wage Claims With Department of Labor

The United States Department of Labor has settled overtime and minimum wage claims against Carle Place Diner and On Parade Diner in Woodbury for a total of $159,288.  In cases filed this month in the Eastern District of New York, public settlements have been filed with Court.  The Carle Place Diner Consent Judgment was for $85,729, covering thirty-two workers.  The On Parade Consent Judgment was for $73,559, covering eighteen workers. The Department of Labor’s complaints against the diners alleged that the restaurants failed to pay their restaurant workers the correct minimum wage (currently $7.25 per hour) and failed to pay employees overtime (time and a half pay) for hours they worked over forty in a week.