Juan’s Flaming Fajitas Was Fined $500,000 in Labor Violations | Eater Vegas

"I found that a popular Mexican restaurant in Las Vegas, Juan’s Flaming Fajitas & Cantina, which operates two locations in Las Vegas and one in Henderson, was penalized after the U.S. Department of Labor determined it denied overtime to more than 30 workers; the department recovered more than $475,000 in back wages and liquidated damages from owner Juan Vazquez, saying he failed to pay overtime for hours worked over 40 in a workweek and wrongly exempted two employees. Wage and Hour Division district director Gene Ramos said, "Our investigators found Juan’s Flaming Fajitas & Cantina deliberately withheld overtime pay earned by dozens of hard-working employees." Vazquez told Fox 5 that he believes he did not deliberately deny overtime payments and said, "We just did not know we were out of compliance," and the employer agreed to correct its record-keeping practices as a result of the probe." - Janna Karel