Superior Seafood and Oyster Bar and their parent company is shelling out $238-thousand dollars in back pay and damages to 222 employees.
The US Department of Labor says the restaurant failed correctly figure hours for workers who held down two jobs at the St. Charles and Napoleon eatery.
In doing so, the restaurant paid overtime at rates lower than those required by law.
The restaurant paid them straight time rates for hours which should have been paid at time and one half times the regular rate.
The result of Superior's actions resulted in the violation of overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Troy Mouton with the Department of Labor says “Other employers should use the outcome of this case as an opportunity to review their own payroll practices and make sure they comply with the law,”