Monday, October 30, 2006

Chinese Restaurant Ordered To Pay $1 million in Back Wage

The Golden Dragon, a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco has been ordered more than $1 million in back wages and penalties to 37 workers for violating the city's minimum wage law.

The restaurant was also ordered to pay the city $871,000 to for the cost of investigation.

The investigation began as early as March 2005 after nine employees complained that they were paid less than the minimum wage, which was $8.50 per hour in 2004 and $8.62 per hour in 2005.

The Golden Dragon was shut down by the city at 822 Washington St. for health code violations in January and reopened in May as the Imperial Palace.

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