@@timg2973because YUM! wouldn't assign you to work a shift at another restaurant. If you want to work for those different brands then you'd apply to each and be hired by each independently. This guy was clearly trying to cook the books with 32 employees.
@@timg2973 you make no sense. the owner owns the same restaurants in 3 locations! and if they worked over 40 hours of course they should be paid overtime! and I'm pretty sure big chain restaurants like you mentioned make sure to pay the overtime or else they would have been caught a long time ago
It’s not as simple as just getting paid overtime, if you listen, the employees worked for separate businesses/LLC’s. Each has their own payroll and accounting system, which is why the overtime wasn’t accounted for. I have a feeling the guy really didn’t know. There’s lots of big companies owned by one entity but are completely separate which don’t have this issue.. don’t know why this guys different businesses are any different.
@@wylekyotinlv majority probably don't speak English, and few of other that speak English probably on probation, that they have to work, need the job and gets free food. And see other employees that try to defend themselves and get fired on the Spot. So it takes a while and tells employees to 😃 SMILE TO customers 😀
@@martinaguiler3976 If we want our rights to be respected, we need to respect the rights of others!! Americans, legal residents, legal permitted workers, we all have the right to be treated with respect!!
His explanation makes no sense. If each location is a separate entity how do you just swap employees from site to site? That would be like getting hired at McDonald’s and getting assigned shifts at Burger King and Wendys.
In theory, one person could possibly be a franchisee of each of the 3 fast food places you mentioned. However, in this case, it appears all the locations are streamlined to be one chain, but separated (on paper) to be 3 'different' businesses. Still one owner. Like he knew what he was doing, and it must have made him a lot of money until the complaints got to the government level as evidenced by the $475k fine.
they left that part out of the story. and besides...why would you think your 3 resturants werent 1? Same owner dude and name of the store! smells fishy. but he had balls to say I fked up and wants to make it right. that tho is a gamble...free market decides your fate.
When I was a waiter more than 20 years ago I knew that if you work at more than one location of a chain then all the hours would accumulate into one job so this owner must be lying
Exactly! Even when I used to be a dog groomer at a major Pet chain, I would fill in at several stores and if overtime, it was paid because it counted no matter the location. Wowww he tried it smh
Bull💩!! He knew what he was doing! That's why he had 3 llc's that was his intention all along, im sure he had many other reasons but not paying overtime was definely one of em. Cheater, im glad the employees didn't stay quiet.
@@timg2973 they were 3 mexicans restaurants that serve same food. And name them like Fajita LLC, then Fajita 2,,LLC, then Fajitas 3 LLC.. not sure about name but he named that way for legal reasons but all own by same owner in same city. And used 3 different time Timesheetz for ypur hours. NOT big enough to be a corporation.but though it was BL..ACK JOB nobody going to complain about Hours Or if you do they just fired on the Spot or call immigration. 😊 😃 😊 😀 But McDonald's if they move you around different McDonald's and work more than 40 hrs they would pay overtime since same owner.
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So thats the Trick.. 3 restaurants . 3 L L C . and 1 owner in same city and serve same food And just move employees to different restauranr each week.. and start different time book for your hours. Complain about hour, owners tell you if you don't like it there is the Door or maybe call immigration .😅😅😅 and say it eas Honest mistake or CRIMINALLY..😮
It’s common practice among companies to take advantage of uneducated workers. Many Latin people work hard and don’t complain , and unfortunately many companies take advantage of that.
Not one employee noticed they weren't getting paid properly? Not one person complained to him about not being paid in full? He should be fined $475k on top of the restitution. 6 months in jail wouldn't hurt either.
I have worked in Vegas for almost 40 years. Anybody who owns a business here knows the basics. And that is the basics. I'm sorry. How I have been somebody who has been cheated out of money and had to go to the Better Business Bureau and get the government to force them to pay me. That ducks, the way you treat your employees mean a big deal and if they're asking for extra hours, it's cause the economy is s*** and purposely putting somebody into. One of your other businesses you don't have to pay them the othertime shameful.
I used to cater Ducks' games for an Oregon restaurant, would work in the restaurant after. Technically two different companies, no overtime. Amazing tips, however. This practice is more common than you think
I'd like to believe it's an honest mistake, but the owners bank account didn't believe it was an honest mistake. A good business owner knows exactly where every cent goes. He found what he thought was a loophole, so he wouldn't have to pay overtime. How many employees came up to him and told them that they weren't getting paid overtime when they pulled extra shifts at a different location? I'll give you a little hint people don't like when you mess with their money.
The fact that this guy had each restaurant as a separate LLC tells me he knew exactly what he was doing, and he got caught. But that probably doesn't take away from the food. It looks really good.
So, when employees were coming to him saying "hey, I worked 60 hours last week but didn't get paid overtime" he then said "you're not getting overtime. your time at our other restaurant does not *count since it's a separate llc. you will be paid your normal wage" -- Right?
I remember when this happened, he looked like he was ingesting something that kept him up for days. He was also gambling at this time. That's what was reported. He looks better now. He's just not being honest. Hope he does better in the future. This excuse is good 1 time.
He thought he could set up three companies and move around his employees amongst the three restaurants to avoid paying overtime. He's lying and stupid at the same time for agreeing to do the interview. He was caught. I hope they're making him pay not just the wage arrears but some punitive damages as well.
Average Las Vegas “ businessman” proudly defrauding their employees/ the government while thinking they’re doing some sort of elite 900 IQ business strategy
This guy is so full of it. He obviously tried to go around over time laws by creating what he thought to be "three separate LLC's". Well wrong buddy! Its all still the same company. You are the owner of all three of them. Who is your business advisor? You need a new one.
When I was a teenager I worked for a pizza joint, the owners had three corporate locations at the time, when I was fourteen. By the time I was sixteen I was regularly working overtime. He'd shift us around sometimes when he was short staffed at another store. Especially when he was having a grand opening for franchises. The laws regarding teen labor were that any teen under eighteen could not work more than 18 hours during the school week. Meanwhile, myself and another employee were averaging 40+ hours any given week. Sometimes I would be working 50-60 hours. The owner never paid overtime for either of us, I didn't know I was supposed to receive overtime. This went on for years... It finally hit the head when I was about to graduate high school. Turns out he was getting fined and had to pay us back for all of our overtime hours. Supposedly, he was forced to pay 200k just on the fines for having us two teens working more than the state allowed. No matter how sneaky and dirty you are.... big brother is always going to get their money. Always.
Servitude isn’t to be taken lightly. I thought long & hard before directly employing people for long term projects. The hospitality industry is known for not holding its end of the agreement.
Truckers are not eligible for overtime. It's a bullshit law. So I don't know what your talking about. Maybe it's the state you live. In California anything over 8 hours a day is overtime. Doesn't need to be 40 hours total. However truckers are exempt from that law. Some politicians screwd truckers over as usual
@@stevenotero2627 it was PODS moving and storage in Norwood MA so a small part of your day is operating a hydraulic lift to place a container somewhere but I consider it a “truck driving” job because we had to have a CDL and drove 200-300 miles per day.
Honest mistake my arse. He knew exactly what he was doing when he set it up this way. Well deserved fine. He seriously cannot be this ignorant thinking his little speech is that heartfelt.
because he had 3 different LLCs at his 3 different restaurant's he thought it was 3 different paychecks. like working at jack in the box after your shift at Taco Bell.
How do you have employees and not know labor laws? Does he not have a business attorney? Sounds like he was trying to exploit what he thought was a loophole. He needs a better business lawyer.
He's lying. The role of every business owner is to know basic labor laws within their state. He likely asked his lawyer how to structure his business to avoid paying overtime, and making the three restaurants separate LLCs was the scheme. However, the authorities did the lawful thing and hit him with steep civil money penalties. However, if he offends again, he could face jail time. So this first time is a painful smack in the face.
Labor board have their findings since 2021?? Why’d it went so long to then call it “an honest mistake”? Boycott the place. They should’ve all gotten their back pay overtime then everyone quit. If anything the owner sugarcoating dude is sorry he got caught .. 🤨
What I don't get is that there's three separate restaurants with three separate llc's. The whole point of an LLC is to keep it separate from other entities. You cannot take three llc's and say they are one. So if an employee had two jobs and he works over $40 from two separate llc's. Does he get overtime and who pays for that?
Too bad, I liked Juans! Don’t know if I can support a business owner that does this to employees! They’re your heart and soul as a business owner, especially in a service based industry.
almost 3 years of investigation? Why are these workers doing without for what was their due, when a review of the payroll records should only take a short time. Joe worked 3 locations this week: 52Hrs total
Now I'm wondering if the fine will go toward the unpaid overtime wages or if the owner will pay that separately. Either way, that's going to be a hefty bill.
Hey hey there are plenty of businesses who accidentally forget to pay half a million dollars in overtime wages to over 30 employees who wouldn't make that mistake a half a million dollars mistake😂😂😂 0:59
Am actually familiar with another situation like this but it was 3 subcontractors (excavation sub, concrete sub, framing sub) that were 3 separate LLCs for liability reasons owned by the same owner. Employees rotated between the 3 subs based on work demands, etc. and unfortunately overtime over 40 hours sometimes was not picked up. But the owner/managers caught the problem when a few employees complained and went to a unified payroll system. No more problems and no U.S. Dept of Labor issues. Don't understand why it took the US DOL from 2021 to 2024 to investigate this issue.
he has 3 restaurants, the average restaurants generates about 1.5-3 million $. so he pulls in 5-9 million $ in revenue per year.... 400K seems like alot, but if u know the numbers, it's not. also all he has to do is prob. raise menu prices by like 0.75 per item to cover the fine (if you do the math each restaurant needs to make 500$ more per day for a year....) i run a small family owned restaurant and i studied business in college.
I understand the mistake. If I worked at Apple and Intel for a combined total of 50 hours / week. Should I expect overtime? If I'm understanding the issue correctly I'm now wondering if the owner has a case against the state, for unfair labor laws?
This is abuse of the 'Right to Work State'... many employers are not paying their employees for their hard work until a formal complaint is filed! If you say something, you're fired... as simple as that!
3 different restaurants but under one business lol, This guy thought that was smart but he couldn't get away with it. There will alway be some smart employees. Only way to get away with it is to hire everyone that is stupid.
Actually, it was 3 different restaurants under 3 difference businesses (aka the LLCs). He was moving employees around to different restaurants and because he thought they were separate businesses overtime doesn't count.
