A Chestnut Hill restaurant and its owner will pay $141,132 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to 15 employees in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor. Café Misono Inc. and owner Kenneth Lee have also amended their pay practices to comply with federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requirements. They will also pay a $7,000 civil money penalty to the Department.

The Department’s Wage and Hour Division found that the company and its owner failed to comply with the FLSA’s minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping requirements between March 31, 2013, and March 28, 2016. Specifically, they failed to pay the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour to dishwashers who worked more than 60 hours per week and a server who worked about 17 hours per week for tips only. They also failed to pay overtime to cooks, dishwashers, and servers who worked more than 40 and up to 60 hours per week. Additionally, they supplied inaccurate information to the Division concerning the employees’ working hours.

The FLSA requires that employees receive one-and-one-half times their regular rates of pay when they work more than 40 hours in a workweek and that employers maintain adequate and accurate records of employees’ wages and work hours.