Las Vegas valley restaurant chain fined $475K, owner calls it ‘honest mistake’
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- The owners of a Las Vegas restaurant chain are paying back employees following a three-year federal department’s investigation, but they are pushing back on the language used to describe their actions and want to explain what led to the $475,000 fine.
32 employees complained and the owner didn’t hear until the government heard ? 😂
Hundreds of thousands is not “an honest mistake” he’s only sorry that they got caught.
Definitely
If a half million dollars that wasn't yours ended up in your bank account, you'd know it.
"Honest mistake" 😆🤣😄
And a 3 year investigation! He's a scumbag. I hope those employees found better jobs.
It was literally an honest mistake and you wouldn't dare say this to his face knowing he'd sue you into oblivion lol.
Dude thought he had a system but work is work and he got caught
“If I knew fucking over my employees was illegal, I wouldn’t have done it, I swear 😅”
Bro I haven’t even watched the story and I’m dying 😂😂😂😂
lol that’s right
dudes lying through his teeth
so yum brands owns Taco bell, pizza hut and KFC. if i work at all 3 would i get overtime? No so why would he have to pay? 3 different companies
@@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
This guy exudes zero credibility.
Lying out his neck
He totally knew what he was doing!
Definitely
Facts I agree greedy owner who thought he could get away without paying those employees now pay up clown 🤡
@@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!!
Lying 🤥 every employee has right to get paid over time, theft of owners, greed. Justice for all workers and employees.
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.
Give me a break! This out right wage theft. Yet another reason besides toxic restaurant food, we eat at home!
How is eating at home going to stop wage theft?
Toxic restaurant food? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
One of his employees probably called the labor board and complained
Most likely
@@MikeyK-fn3ng but this was like 3 yrs ago. Bunch of hearings. Some employees probably got fired. Or other quit.. where is the IRS.
More than one...for sure, to get this level of investigation.
And still took them 2 to 3 years to get paid...what a shame!
30 employees
Lie’s they went to the news for a reason, they had to do a class action lawsuit. We’ll see how many people are fired after this newscast.
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.
Im sure the employees that were paid all that back pay have long been fired.
@@MrTytyjohn64- moment he said at 1:28 “.. in the government eyes ..”, he just incriminated himself with that .. 🤥🤭
@@evereadyc9916 probably all them that don't speak English.. Nd hired the new VENENZUELA INMIGRANTS that starting to Pop around Vegas.
Juan don't Juana pay.
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How would you not know that the three restaurants of the same name are not related. Sounds like a greedy owner to me. Straight lies
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
It looks like that's why the owner made each restaurant a separate company. So overtime wouldn't count when moving employees around.
@@austindarrenorbingo
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
Me too in college. I use to bounce between 2 locations of a corp chain as a waiter and my hours always counted together!
He's a thief. He set up multiple LLCs to be a thief. I should add he's a liar. A bad one.
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..😮
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.
Boycott this restaurant. That’s a lot of hours OT
you mean Restaurants 3 separate company's
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.
He should be put in jail for lying he knew his employees weren't being paid overtime he was just trying to line his pockets
Now he gotta pay out lol
@@jeremymcpherson7334 IRS needs to investigate IRS didn't get their money too or were pay in 1099..
so yum brands owns Taco bell, pizza hut and KFC. if i work at all 3 would i get overtime? No so why would he have to pay? 3 different companies
@@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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Scammer
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.
Are you calling Latino people uneducated? I did Nazi that coming.
Take his liquor licenses
And gambling habits too!
😂 "honest" mistake. This is why unions were created. Then people forget history, fight against unions, and back to square one. Rinse and repeat.
he knew exaclty what he was doing, of course the employees were complaining for months.. he didnt do anything until they went to the news
I hope if this owner is reading these comments, your business is over….you liar!!!
Never eat there
Sorry I got caught...
yes im sure nobody told him "Hey i didnt get paid for my overtime" He thought he had a way out of paying overtime! But it didnt work!
Right with his lying self
Somebody check how much he scammed from taxpayers in ppp funds
Because he'd fired that person for saying this... 'Right to Work State' as the excuse!🪱
He set them up separately to rip his employees off.
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 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 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.
And these owners' money goes to gambling and/or addictions!
Honest mistake maybe if it was 2 or 3 employees
But 32!!! Is on purpose & seeing how long they can get away with it
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.
I bet his answer was always, 'Really? I PROMISE I will look into it...'
I guess it takes Juan to know Juan...
Some like that...😄
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.
That ish isn’t a honest mistake! He knew! Knock it off Juan!
Lmao! Sounds like he thought he found an ingenious loop hole until it wasn’t 😂
I wonder what other honest mistakes they are making.
Oh you wanted alcohol in your margarita.. Honest mistake. Oh you want steak in your steak burrito. We thought you said ground beef. Honest mistake
@@stevenotero2627 🤣🤣
Thief, i will never go there again. Greed.
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.
My former employer did the same thing... then complained that no one was applying to work for his company!
He’s lying
How about Hotels that do not pay Holiday Pay ?????
It depends on if they give you flex time. If you're getting flex time instead, that's instead of holiday pay.
I don't know, I only worked for Union hotels 💪
Hotels are like "Notell!" to their employees.
How do you not know ????? How evil can you be !!!!!!!
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.
Oh no. Just pay the workers. I like the food there too.
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.
If he’s talking, he’s lying.
Weasel.🐹
More like a velociraptor.
Greedy… Karma will get them!
Average Las Vegas “ businessman” proudly defrauding their employees/ the government while thinking they’re doing some sort of elite 900 IQ business strategy
When I worked at Jack in the Box, you'd have to fight to get paid for hours worked at another store.
Wow! Good to know that.🤔
Lol I’m a criminal that got caught.
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 .. 🤨
he knows. it is not a mistake. if he can get away with anything just to put more money in his pocket he will do it. let him pay the fine.
B.S. PAYROLL IS PAYROLL, pay them they had to complain to you first!
Say bye bye to your business
The government needs to be remade.
Exactly!.. Nevada Labor Laws need to change.
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.
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So if I work at McD's and Wendy's over 40 hours in a week, who are separate LLC's they owe OT?
Mexicans.
How much you want to bet he moved employees around from restaurant to restaurant so noone ever worked more then 40 hours in one place
He knew what he was doing that’s why he got caught
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
THEIR mistakes always benefit them. THEIR mistakes never benefit others. Con man.....
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.
So called 'Honest mistake'!
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.
He knew what he was doing. He sorry he got caught.....don't go to his restaurant.
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?
"And be lucky that you're getting paid for your hours worked!"😅
I am guessing his responses were more along the lines of, 'Wait, what?! Let me look into that and I will speak with so and so (HR manager)...'
He knew
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.
Overtime dont start until you hit 40 hours. At your 39th hour you need to go to another job site. Different LLc
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.
Honest mistake? Haha. Some people just aren’t ethical.
Sound good that wasn't no mistake if he could have got away with that he would have im glad people speak up.
Just honestly, no mistake!
He was about to open the fourth chain but....
Sounds like the truck driving job I had. They work you 3 days for 13 hours a day then give you the day off so as to not pay overtime. Total misery.
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.
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.
They are not the only ones! Many businesses need to pay employees back.
I had no idea restaurants made that much money. I’m definitely in the wrong business. 😂
Come on if he did not know. What is going on
That’s a hefty fine!
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.
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.
That's just called Walmart
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.
@@kxmode I understand why it was a mistake. If I worked at Apple and Intel for a combined total of 50 hours / week. Should I expect overtime?
@@kxmode Interesting
@@chuckdawit If you worked for Apple and another company owned by Apple then you should expect overtime.
i hope after they get their back pay they leave.
There is nothing honest about stealing from your employees.
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!
If just 1 or 2 employees brought it up, I would of immediately looked into it and have it fixed. Waited until 32 employees????
"You mean I have to pay my employees? I thought they worked for free!! I'll correct that now that I got caught!"
If it was one of his employees that called the labor board to complain good for you for having a backbone
Hey Juan You know you were scamming people don't lie...you learned that from working at Famous Dave's Douche!
Employees should be paid back, plus interest.
He should be fined for saying honest mistake. See if he keeps BSing.
$475 is an honest mistake, when it’s 475K there is nothing honest about it.
No manager has their employees regularly jump from restaurant to restaurant unless they're up to something.
This place is fire
Never a mistake when it’s almost a half of million in fines that is neglect and laziness at its finest
Freaking Criminals! The workers are always getting shafted! ✌🏾
Dude sounds shady AF.
He set up 3 different companies thinking he could get away from paying OT when he rotated the employees to a new location.
What a slimeball tactic.
Blatantly arrogant and lying! He is just upset he got caught.