Popular doughnut company Krispy Kreme was recently ordered to pay millions in back wages and damages to it’s employees in the U.S. Reports state that the company failed to pay 516 employees for their overtime work. Following wage theft claims, The Department of Labor launched an investigation across all 242 of the companies locations and found widespread systemic breaches in labor laws. The company will pay most $1.2 million in total to the workers, with one receiving more than $13,000 and another around $12,500.
“Overtime and minimum wage violations are common violations found in food service industry investigations,” Jessica Looman, from the Department of Labor, said in a statement. “Employers who fail in their obligation to pay minimum wage and overtime wages as the law requires make it harder for workers and their families to make ends meet.”