This alliterate A- list rapper has been warned by the corporate parent of his numerous franchises, that he may lose all of them if he continues to violate labor laws.

Rick Ross

Boss Wings Enterprises LLC

Franchise: Wingstop

Miami rapper Rick Ross bad boss? Minimum wage, child labor violations at Wingstop stores

Fast food franchises that make employees pay for safety training, background checks and their own uniforms? Ignoring child labor law? And don’t even think about being short on the register.

The U.S. Department of Labor says employees at five Wingstop locations had to pay the cost to work for the boss, Miami rapper Rick Ross’ Boss Wings Enterprises. But, then, Boss Wings Enterprises had to pay $114,427 in back pay, damages and civil money penalties, Labor announced Thursday.

That breaks down as $51,674 in back wages and liquidated damages for 244 workers, about $211.78 per employee, and $62,753 in civil money penalties.

Boss Wings Enterprises, through which Ross owns and operates 30 Wingstop locations, directed all questions about labor violations to Wingstop corporate headquarters when reached by the Miami Herald Tuesday. Wingstop’s corporate headquarters emailed a statement that threw everything back on Boss Wings.

“The restaurants investigated by the DOL are owned and operated by a franchisee, not Wingstop Restaurants Inc.,” the statement said. “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.”

In addition, the email said Boss Wings’ Wingstop restaurants in the Memphis market are now owned by someone else. – Source

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