Class, Collective Complaint: PPP Money Used For Pay Changes That Violate Laws

Mealey's (July 1, 2020, 3:08 PM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — Nine Ohio restaurants used money from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to implement a new pay scheme that violates state and federal wage-and-hour laws, one employee claims in a June 19 first amended complaint filed in a federal court in Ohio (Kelsey Smith, et al. v. Local Cantina, LLC, et al., No. 20-3064, S.D. Ohio)....