A Washington, D.C., restaurant has agreed to pay more than $500,000 to its workers and the city to resolve a 2023 wage theft lawsuit, the D.C. attorney general’s office announced Tuesday.
The lawsuit alleged that Swahili Village, an African fine-dining restaurant located in northwest D.C., systematically stole wages and tips from its staff and violated multiple D.C. labor laws.
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