The state’s Department of Labor fined the company $2.6 million in unpaid wages, liquidated damages and administrative penalties. It is the latest in a series of setbacks for the collapsing chain.
The New Jersey Department of Labor on Tuesday ordered 27 Boston Market locations in the state to close and fined the company nearly $2.6 million in back wages, liquidated damages and administrative damages.
The closure stemmed from a complaint the department’s Division of Wage and Hour and Contract Compliance received in November from a worker in Hamilton, N.J. Since then, nearly three dozen additional complaints have come into the state naming several locations.
The state found citations for unpaid or late payments, hindrance of the investigation, failure to pay minimum wage, records violations, failure to pay sick leave or to maintain records.