KOREAN FOOD STORES LOCATED IN NORTH SHORE MALLS CITED FOR WAGE AND HOUR, CHILD LABOR LAW VIOLATIONS
Citations
Total Over $51,000 Including Restitution for Affected Workers
BOSTON – Attorney General Maura Healey has issued citations, totaling over $51,000, to three
specialty Korean food stores located in the Burlington Mall and the North Shore Mall for wage and hour and child labor violations.
Peabody Losoon Park, Inc. dba Losoon Park, and its
owners Losoon Park and Mili “Terry” Kim were issued nine citations for various
labor violations including failure to pay wages, pay minimum wage and overtime,
furnish and keep true and accurate payroll records, issue a suitable paystub,
provide earned sick time, obtain a valid work permit for working teens, and for
the employment of a minor past 8:00 p.m. without supervision. Park and Kim
operate several Korean food stores located in Burlington and local Simon Malls
in the North Shore area.
The AG’s Office began investigating the company after
receiving a complaint from a driver working for Losoon Park, alleging that they
were not properly compensated for hours worked at the required minimum wage, or
paid for overtime hours worked. The office issued a payroll demand to the
company, however, Losoon Park has not furnished all required records, including
payroll records and time-keeping records, requiring investigators to rely on
employee testimony to audit the company.
The AG’s Fair Labor Division found that Losoon Park
frequently failed to pay employees for hours worked. Employees were also not
offered earned sick leave or provided suitable paystubs. Additionally, the AG’s
investigation uncovered that at least two minors worked past 8 p.m. without
supervision, and that neither minor employee had been asked for a work permit
prior to or during their employment.
Workers who believe that their rights have been violated in
their workplace are encouraged to file a complaint at www.mass.gov/ago/fairlabor.
For information about the state’s wage and hour laws, workers may call the AG’s
Fair Labor Hotline at (617) 727-3465 or go to www.mass.gov/ago/fairlabor
for materials in multiple languages including Spanish and Portuguese.
This case was handled by Assistant Attorney General Amy
Goyer and Supervising Investigator Jennifer Pak, both of the AG’s Fair Labor
Division.
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