Rick Ross has responded to the $100,000 bill he received from The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division for several violations at five of his Wingstop restaurants.
The Biggest Bawse took to his Instagram Stories on Wednesday (August 17) to admit he made a mistake with some of his businesses. The Miami native took full responsibility in true Rozay fashion as he sat behind a grand piano and delivered a motivational message to all the aspiring bosses.
“I want to take time to address something,” Rozay said. “When you running a business, there will be mistakes, but as the Biggest Bawse, you don’t make the same mistakes twice, you see?”
He added: “Taking accountability is big when you the biggest, and remember this, most successful people don’t take stumbling as a setback but actually a stepping stone to greater things, you heard me? Let’s be great.”
As reported by Mississippi Today on Monday (August 15), Rick Ross and his family were hit with hefty fines resulting from investigators discovering violations at those five Mississippi locations, such as forcing workers to illegally pay for uniforms, safety training, background checks, cash register shortages and more.
“Restaurant industry employees work hard, often for low wages, and many depend on every dollar earned to make ends meet,” Jackson’s Wage and Hour Division director, Audrey Hall, said in a statement.
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“The law prevents Boss Wing Enterprises LLC from shifting operating costs to workers … or to allow a worker’s pay to fall below the minimum wage rate.”
As a result, The Department of Labor fined Rozay and his franchise company, Boss Wings Enterprises LLC, a total of $62,753 in civil penalties and recovered $51,674 in wages owed to 244 workers across the five stores.
The DOC unleashed a press release holding Ross and his company fully responsible, saying: “The operator of five Wing Stop franchise locations in Mississippi who made employees pay for their uniforms, safety training, background checks and cash register shortages – and violated child labor regulations – has been held accountable by the U.S. Department of Labor, and paid $114,427 in back wages, liquidated damages and civil penalties.”
Just try tightening up Rozay that’s all to it plus the workers in return will show some love and appreciation once you show that you really care about them, just looking out with that wisdom family.
Real talk right there. I halted just reading the first bit about paying for their uniforms. Rozay probably didn’t have to pay for his CO uniform back in the day. It wasn’t a mistake. Just straight exploitation that got caught easily, and called out. Like c’mon
dude. And training etc? These workers too are not to savvy on the law. But glad Rozay being fined. Mistake my butt. He knew what he was doing…
Making your employees pay for everything isn’t a mistake, it’s planned. Cheap bastard
Ross doesn’t handle payroll directly. His mistake was hiring someone who turned out to be greedy and screwed the employees over.
Rick Ross clogged the toilet bowl at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto last month. There was also a hairline crack in the toilet tank and the whole unit had to be replaced.
I guess he had on too much gold and a few racks of pocket money weighing him down
So…what you’re saying here is…he probably extorted his employees and pocketed it to pay off hotel toilet repair bills…
Got it.
You could have just said that though…
This guy is like a Disney villain
that was the wrong way to give an apology. It’s obvious that he doesn’t give a f.
This guy is really not a guy of high character, morals, values, and ethics; he reminds me of a fatter, darker Donald Drump. This Phat Phuck is literally ripping off his employees, exploiting children. He has to know how his business is being run I understand he may now be there on a daily but you have to know how your business is being run. For instance Shaq O’Neal has a ton of different business ventures and you never hear about him being involved in this mess. This Phat-Rat knows exactly what he is doing.
shaq does nothing but cash a check for putting his face on stuff he has no input on the day to day neither does this weirdo he took the class paid his fee and delegated the work to someone else.
No actually Shaq listen’s to what his employees have to say and if it’s wrong he corrects it cause he said if it wasn’t for them then he couldn’t have a business read up on Shaq and the way he conduct his businesses
If you think Rick Ross had any hand in the day-to-day at his wing stops, come buy this Brooklyn Bridge off of me lol. They just use him as the face, these violations are at the hands of whatever crakkka he trusted to minimize profit and maximize productivity. And Only in Mississippi can you get away with making people buy their work uniforms and training?! LMAO where they do that at?! Like How much you gotta Pay to learn how to put fries in grease? or coat a wing?! LMAo
THEM WINGS TASTE LIKE PURE SHIT!!!! THIS FAT FRAUD OF A COP SHOULD STICK WITH DONUTS!!!! HAHHAHAHAAHAH!!!! SWINE!!!!!