The owners of a California restaurant will have to pay nearly $140,000 (CAD $184,000) in damages after trying to get an “alleged” priest to confess the “professional sins” of 35 employees.
An employee at Taqueria Garibaldi in Sacramento said the owners offered to hear about “sins” that occurred in the workplace during the U.S. Department of Labor investigation.
According to the survey, using a chaplain for alleged misconduct in the workplace “can be among the most brazen forms of retaliation.”
The pseudo-religious referred to questioning employees in particular about their boss stealing or being late to work. New York Post.
The employees were not paid for overtime.
“They also learned that the employer illegally paid managers out of an employee tip fund, threatened employees with retaliation and negative immigration consequences if they cooperated with management, and terminated a worker they believed had complained to management,” the investigation noted.
The enterprise operator, Che Garibaldi Inc., therefore agreed. , as well as owners to compensate their employees. They will owe $70,000 in back wages, $70,000 in compensatory damages and $5,000 in civil penalties.
