An East Coast restaurant chain failed to pay minimum wages and overtime rates to some workers, the Labor Department says. The DOL said some restaurants paid set wages regardless of hours worked, which could reach 65 a week. Plaza Azteca has been ordered to pay $11.4 million back to more than 1,300 affected employees. AdvertisementAdvertisementA restaurant chain with dozens of locations on the East Coast has been ordered to pay $11.4 million back to more than 1,300 employees after a federal agency uncovered a series of apparent labor-law violations. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe consent judgment also included $625,000 in civil money penalties, which the DOL said was due to the "repeat and wilful nature of the violations."

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Persons: DOL, — Organizations: Labor Department, Plaza Azteca, Service, Department of Labor, Fair Labor Locations: East Coast, Mexican, Connecticut , Maryland , Massachusetts , New Jersey, North Carolina , Pennsylvania, Virginia