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Rick Ross Speaks Out on Labor Law Violations: ‘There Will Be Mistakes’
Rick Ross has come under fire after it was claimed that he and his family broke labor laws at WingStop restaurants he owns in Mississippi.
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According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Big Wings Enterprises, owned by Ross, was assessed fines totaling over $100,000 for unpaid wages and other penalties after it was discovered that the business had broken labor rules.
According to reports, employees were made to cover the costs of safety training, uniforms, background checks, and cash register shortages. That would imply that workers were being paid less than the legal minimum, which is prohibited.
With his name and business in the headlines, Rozay hit social media to take accountability.
“I want to take time to address something,” Ross 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?
“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.”
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Rick Ross Responds Labor Violations Investigation At Wingstop Locations: “There Will Be Mistakes…”
Earlier this week it was reported that Rick Ross and his family had been fined by the Department of Labor for labor violations occurring at 5 of his Wingstop locations in Mississippi.
Ross was subject to $114,427 worth of fines, including over $50k in back pay and over $60k in penalties. Violations included making employees pay for uniforms and background checks, taking money out of employees checks if registers were short, leaving some employees making less than the federallly mandated $7.25/hr. A 15 year old even worked until 10p.m., 3 hours past the 7p.m. cut off time for employees under 18.
Earlier today, August 17, Ross took to Instagram where he addressed the reports in a video, taking full accountability for them.
“I’ma take time to address something. When you running a business, there will be mistakes,” Ross said. “But as the biggest boss, you never make the same mistake twice. You see, accountability. Taking accountability is big when you’re 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.”
Following the investigation, DOL Division District Director Audrey Hall said in a statement “restaurant industry employees work hard, often for low wages, and many depend on every dollar earned to make ends meet. The law prevents Boss Wing Enterprises LLC from shifting operating costs to workers by deducting the costs of uniforms, cash register shortages or training expenses, or to allow a worker’s pay to fall below the minimum wage rate.”
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Rick Ross Addresses His Wingstop Labor Violations While Sitting At A Grand Piano Sipping Rum
$51,674 might be a drop in the bucket for Rick Ross, but for the 244 employees of his Wingstop franchises making $7.25/hour who had their pay illegally docked, any portion of that is a significant sum. That dollar amount represents how much backpay Ross has already had to dole out to the employees of the Mississippi Wingstop franchises that he operates along with his mother and sister after the federal government’s Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division fined them for multiple infractions.
Some of these include making employees illegally pay for safety training, uniforms, background checks, cash register shortages, and even letting 15-year-old employees work past 7 pm. Nothing to sneeze at here; these are serious violations and not the image that Ross should be projecting as “The Boss.” So in an Instagram story today, he addressed the fines while sitting at a grand piano and sipping Bumbu Rum.
With a brand new Balmain sweater and a lavish, diamond-encrusted necklace around his neck, Ross said, “When you’re running a business, there will be mistakes. But as the biggest boss, you never make the same mistake twice.” Adding that, “You see… Taking accountability is big when you’re the biggest… And remember this: Most successful people don’t take stumbling as a setback, but actually as a stepping stone to greater things, ya heard me? Let’s be great.”
On the surface, it’s valiant of Ross to speak on the labor violations of his Boss Wings Enterprises. But it felt a bit tone deaf considering he dropped this clip on his Instagram Story right after other videos of him racking up a 10 foot-long Neimann Marcus receipt and dining out at a fancy restaurant. Here’s hoping the greater things he’s stepping towards include higher wages for Wingstop employees and at the very least, no cut corners on that road to being great.
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Rick Ross Under Fire For Labor Violations At WingStop Locations
Rapper and entrepreneur Rick Ross is under fire after he and his family were accused of committing labor violations at WingStop locations he owns in Mississippi.
The U.S. Department of Labor said it hit Ross’ company Big Wings Enterprises with over $100,000 in fines for back wages and other penalties after it was determined the company had violated labor laws.
Workers were reportedly being forced to pay for uniforms, safety training, background checks and cash register shortages. That would mean employees were making less than minimum wage, which is against the law.
The biggest boss hasn’t responded to any allegations. He owns a reported 25 locations after opening his first franchise in 2010.
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Rick Ross Was Fined For Labor Violations At Multiple Wingstop Locations
Rick Ross and Wingstop have become synonymous. The rapper owns at least 25 Wingstop franchises and even bought his son a Wingstop franchise for 16th birthday last year. But in a new report published by XXL, it looks like the federal government’s Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has fined Rick Ross and his family members for multiple violations found in some of their Mississippi Wingstop locations.
According to the report, the feds have collected $114,427 thus far from Ross along with his sister, Tawanda Roberts and mother, Tammie Roberts, who are also listed as owners of some of the franchises. And these seem to be some pretty serious infractions: “Forcing employees to illegally pay for safety training, uniforms, background checks and cash register shortages. In some instances, this caused some employees’ average hourly rates to fall below the $7.25 federal minimum wage.”
Another part of the report says that Boss Wings Enterprises, Ross’s corporation, let a 15-year-old employee work past 10pm multiple times this year. The law states that 14 and 15-year-old workers cannot work past 7pm. This is not a good look for Rozay and certainly not the image of “The Boss” that he wants to convey. For the workers though, 244 of them will recoup the funds that were illegally taken from them.
5 Wingstop Locations Operated by Rick Ross’ Company Hit With Labor Violations
Rick Ross And Family Fined Over $100k For Labor Violations At Wingstop Restaurants
Rick Ross is the self proclaimed “biggest boss” due to his persona and multiple business endeavors, but it looks like the feds have caught up to him over multiple labor violations at his 5 Mississippi Wingstop locations.
According to Mississippi Today, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has fined Ross and his family $114,427 for labor violations at his Wingstop locations. The article states that Ross and his family forced workers to illegally pay for uniforms, background checks and cash register shortages, and have apparently been deducting money from employees paychecks, leaving some employees with a take home pay of under the federally mandated $7.25/hr.
“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. “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.”
The DOL also found a 15 year old that worked until 10pm last June. Federal law states that persons under the age of 18 cannot work past 7pm.
As for the breakdown of the $114,427 fine, $51,674 of it was in lost wages owed to 244 workers and a $62,753 fine in civil penalties for the franchise company.
Shortly after the news broke of the fine and violations, Wingstop put out a statement distancing themselves from Boss Wings.
“The restaurants investigated by the DOL are owned and operated by a franchisee, not Wingstop Restaurants Inc. Our franchise agreement requires all of our franchisees to operate under our operating standards, which requires compliance with all laws and regulations. We were not previously aware of the DOL action against Boss Wings LLC.”
Ross opened his first Wingstop location over 10 years ago and now owns 25 locations. In 2014 he said told Forbes that he first thought about opening a Wingstop shortly after his music career took off. Ross has previously said that his restaurants bring him about $7 million a year.
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Rick Ross Has A Solution For Ari Lennox’s Dreamville Gripe: ‘Wingstop’
Ari Lennox has had enough. She made her feelings abundantly clear this week that she wants out of her Dreamville/Interscope Records deal following the backlash she received online following an interview with Johannesburg-based Podcast And Chill podcast. “I want to be dropped from the labels. I’m done and tired,” Lennox said in a since deleted tweet.
From where I’m standing, an interviewer asking a female artist “Is someone f*cking you good right now?” is not something that constitutes healthy music media practices — regardless of whether or not it’s a reference to one of the artist’s songs. Come on, dawg. So Lennox’s annoyance with the internet peanut gallery (in another since-deleted tweet) seems warranted. “For Christ sakes,” she wrote. “I realize I have no hits. I realize you all can live without hearing my music. I realize my complaining is so aggravating to y’all. I don’t ask blogs to post me when I’m at my worst. You judgmental self-hating parasites wouldn’t last a day as a signed artist.”
Hardly a peacemaker, Rick Ross decided to join the peanut gallery with his thoughts on what might make Lennox feel better about her displeasure with the label. “She needs @wingstop,” he commented on an Instagram post from hip-hop gossip account The Shade Room. Never mind that Ross owns over 25 Wingstop franchises himself, including one that he recently bought for his son’s 16th birthday.
Yo, Rick Ross Funny As Hell! Bro Make Sure He Never Miss A Beat Promoting His Brands LMAO
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And while Ross’ was the top comment on that Instagram post for a while, it’s now the second most liked comment to one from user @n.askey, who said “I think all her songs are hits to me !!! I love her.” Looks like today, love prevails over snark and self-promotion. Holler.