A Mexican grocery store in northeast Houston was forced to pay employees more than $460,000 in back wages and damages after a federal investigation found it failed to pay overtime rates to hourly workers who had logged more than 40 in a week.

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Houston’s Guanajuato Supermarket failed to pay overtime wages to 100-plus employees, labor department finds

The Mexican grocery store in northeast Houston, which includes a bakery, meat market and restaurant, was forced to pay more than $460,000 in back wages and damages, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

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