Versailles Restaurant Slapped With Whistleblower Retaliation and Defamation Lawsuit

[Mika]

Versailles Restaurant Slapped With Whistleblower Retaliation and Defamation Lawsuit
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Attorneys have filed a lawsuit in Miami-Dade Civil Court that claims Versailles Restaurant fired two former employees for reporting illegal goings-on at the iconic eatery, including hiring undocumented workers, sexual orientation harassment, and wage and hour violations.

The lawsuit, which names Versailles restaurant and its owner, Felipe A. Valls Sr., as defendants, was filed this past Friday on behalf of former Versailles general manager Rigoberto Hernandez and Adriam Mena, a former waiter at the restaurant. It lists numerous charges that the two men claim they witnessed during their time at the restaurant, which attracts some of Miami's top politicians. Hernandez claims the restaurant's human resources officer and co-owner, Janet Valls, said, "that she could make the undocumented workers 'disappear' if they were ever investigated by immigration authorities."

See also: Versailles Cited For 52 Safety Violations During Routine Inspection

Hernandez also claims that some members of Versailles' upper management manipulated point of sale (POS) data to over-report restaurant workers' tips in an attempt to "evade state and federal wage and hour minimum wage requirements and to falsely understate restaurant cash income for state and federal income tax reporting purposes.

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[Bacchus4.0]

1. wow, so surprised. Illegals working and tax evasion. You almost never hear about that

in the United States.

[flamingdem]

2. LOL!

That's Saavedra's hang out, maybe he'll have to find a new place to sip Cuban cafe.

[Judi Lynn]

3. Ha ha ha. Versailles is THE place to which national politicians gallop

to be seen sipping Cuban coffee with the local politicos they want to impress, whose support they want to curry, to seek contributions, votes, bus tokens, what have you.

This is comical. If their war chests start looking sparse they might consider suing Versailles for recently discovered ailments they contracted eating and drinking moldy food at Versailles!

[Judi Lynn]

4. Moldy food, and tax evasion, too! Can it get any dumber?

Found a photo of the owner, Felipe A. Valls Sr., with Michelle Bachmann, and David Rivera. What a gruesome trio.

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Oh, jeez.





Versailles biggie: "Cuban style lacon aka pork ham shank with boiled cabbage"

Was this the straw that broke the camel's back?





Rep. Joe Garcia, former CANF biggie, in the middle.



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