Carl's Jr. fined $1.45 million by Los Angeles for allegedly underpaying employees
On Monday, L.A. City Attorney Mike Feuer announced that the city is fining Carl’s Jr. in the amount of $1.45 million, alleging that seven of its locations had failed to pay 37 workers the legal minimum wage between July and December 2016, reports The Los Angeles Times.
As it stands, the legal minimum wage in California is $10.50 per hour, but Feuer told the LA Times that the seven Carl’s Jr. locations only paid out between $10 and $10.25 per hour. In total, Carl’s Jr. reportedly underpaid its employees $5,400.
Feuer and the city of L.A. aren’t just suing for lost wages, though. According to Fox 11, the city has ordered Carl’s Jr. to pay $910,010 in penalties to the 37 workers (fines were assessed daily since the initial infraction), as well as $541,423 in fines for other infractions, which include the failure to post signs displaying the wage laws, and the failure to allow city investigators to contact certain employees.
However, CKE Restaurants Holdings Inc. — the company that owns Carl’s Jr., as well as Hardee’s, Red Burrito and Green Burrito — has since blamed a payroll error for the wage discrepancy, and claims they’ve already issued back payment to the affected employees.
http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2017/06/27/carls-jr-fined-1-45-million-by-los-angeles-for-allegedly-underpaying-employees.html
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So glad we dodged THAT bullet, right? 
I actually included "Puzder-iffic!" in my thread title but took it out, assuming I'd be corrected on his being "former" CEO.
But I also think it's safe to assume that the cpolicies that resulted in it were born on his watch.
