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Montgomery, Alabama - The U.S. Department of Labor has successfully reclaimed $26,927 in back wages and liquidated damages for 36 employees of Checkerboard Montgomery LLC and Checkerboard Montgomery 2 LLC, operating two Montgomery locations, who were found to have committed violations leading to the underpayment of employees at two Montgomery locations.

Key Points

• The affected employees were denied federal minimum wage and overtime payments due to management practices that included illegal deductions and record alterations.
• Management practices included clocking out employees while they continued to work, deducting break times irrespective of whether breaks were taken, and deleting or altering portions of shifts in pay records.
• The child labor violations included employing six 15-year-old workers for hours exceeding legal limits during school sessions and holidays.
• The Wage and Hour Division assessed $3,636 in civil penalties for the repeated nature of the violations and an additional $5,228 for violations of federal child labor regulations.
• The operators of these locations also own four additional Checkers and Rally’s restaurants in Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina.
• Previous violations were recorded in 2020 at Rally’s locations in Bessemer and Birmingham, also operated by Checkerboard Foods LLC.