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Plaza Azteca pays $11.4M in back wages, damages to 1,000-plus employees after investigation by: Brian Reese. Posted: Nov 9, 2023 / 01:23 PM EST. Updated: Nov 9, 2023 / 01:23 PM EST.
Plaza Azteca will also pay $625,000 in civil money penalties due to the repeated and willful nature of the violations as part of the judgment covering March 10, 2016, to Sept. 21, 2021.
The $11.4 million recovery is related to a consent judgment that resolves litigation at more than 40 Plaza Azteca Mexican restaurants owned by Ruben Leon in seven states.