Lubbock Whataburger ordered to pay $1,800 in back wages, damages to illegally fired employee

This week, the U.S. Department of Labor found that a Lubbock, Texas, Whataburger has violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and now must pay $1,800 in back wages and damages to an illegally fired employee. The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found that the corporate-owned location denied an employee a reasonable break time to express breast milk as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act.