articleThe Brief A federal court ordered the owner of four Leo's Coney Island franchises to pay back wages for unpaid time-and-half. It was alleged that two sets of time cards were kept by the defendants and that cards tracking overtime hours were destroyed. The owner of four Leo's Coney Island franchises has been ordered to pay $515,000 in back wages and damages to 143 workers by a federal court order. Leo's Coney Island back wagesBig picture view:The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment requiring the owner of Leo's restaurant locations in Clarkston, Dearborn, Livonia, and Sterling Heights for wages related to unpaid time-and-half compensation. What they're saying:The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division said:"Entered May 26, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division, the judgment requires Vlahadamis and the four Leo’s franchises – Sterling Ponds LLC, doing business as Leo’s Coney Island #61; Clarkston Restaurant Inc., doing business as Leo’s Coney Island #22; Dearborn Plaza Coney Island Inc., doing business as Leo’s Coney Island #41; and Stass Restaurant Inc., doing business as Leo’s Coney Island #38 – to pay 143 employees $515,857 in overtime wages and damages."