Restaurant chains to pay $835K in unpaid overtime, damages

Two Alaska restaurant chains have to pay employees about $835,000 in overtime pay and damages. The state’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development investigated Taco King and Gallo’s Mexican Restaurants after receiving several complaints by employees since 2007 and a number of anonymous calls.The unpaid overtime wages and damages will be distributed to 159 employees. The damages are equal to the unpaid amount, meaning the employees will receive double what their wages would have