From the Labor Department file
What is on record for Buffet Palace, Inc
- Name on the record
- Buffet Palace, Inc
- Location on the record
- Austin, Killeen, Texas
- County
- Travis County
- Industry
- Full-Service Restaurants; Cafeterias, Grill Buffets, and Buffets
- Cases
- 5 closed, 4 with a violation found, 1 with none
- Back wages agreed to pay
- $211,791
- Workers due back wages
- 298
- Civil money penalties assessed
- $31,680
- Violations recorded
- 386
- First and latest case
- 2005 to 2014
- Repeat or willful flags
- 1 flagged repeat
Every investigation
Every case on the record, newest first
| Investigation | Laws | Violations | Back wages | Workers | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2013 to September 2014 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| January 2013 to October 2013 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| January 2011 to January 2013 | FLSA, overtime | 34 | $18,280 | 33 | $0 |
| March 2008 to March 2010 | FLSA, overtime | 30 | $59,038 | 29 | $0 |
| June 2003 to February 2005 | FLSA, minimum wage, overtime repeat | 321 | $134,473 | 236 | $31,680 |
Investigation dates are the findings period the Department recorded, newest first. A zero is a zero in the file: a case can find a violation and agree no back wages.
By law
Laws involved and what each case found
- Fair Labor Standards Act: 4 cases, $211,791 in back wages, $31,680 in penalties
- FLSA overtime: 3 cases, $160,381 in back wages
- FLSA minimum wage: 1 case, $51,410 in back wages
Plain words
What this record means and what it does not
The Wage and Hour Division enforces the federal minimum wage, overtime, child labor, family leave and the wage rules on federal contracts and visa programs. Each row above is one investigation the Division closed; of the 5 on this record, 4 ended with a violation found and 1 with none.
Back wages agreed is the amount the employer agreed to pay the workers the Division found were owed, computed at the federal rates: a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour and overtime after 40 hours in a week. Where Texas has a higher state or local minimum, the same hours would come to more under state law, and that part is not in this file.
Civil money penalties are amounts the Division assessed against the employer, separate from back wages; the file records the assessment, not what was finally paid.
The Department flagged 1 case on this record as a repeat violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which raises the penalties it may assess.
This record is federal only. It does not include claims filed with the state labor office, private lawsuits or settlements, so an employer absent from it is not an employer with a clean record, and an employer on it has not been found guilty of anything by a court. Names are written as the Department recorded them, so one business can appear under more than one legal name, and a franchise or branch can sit under its own.
If you are owed wages
Where to file a wage claim in Texas
In Texas a wage claim can go to the state: Texas Payday Law wage claim, Texas Workforce Commission takes claims under state law, which often covers more than the federal rules. The federal route is the Division's page on how to file a complaint with the Wage and Hour Division with what to send and where. The Division also keeps a search of back wages owed to workers it collected and could not deliver.
Around this employer
Nearby employers and related pages
Other employers on the record in Austin, by back wages:
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| State of Texas | 25 | $1,845,392 | 934 |
| Travis County Sheriff Department | 1 | $1,743,450 | 953 |
| Southwest Key Programs, Inc. | 5 | $980,564 | 3,002 |
| A. I. S. D. | 1 | $548,980 | 137 |
| D&S Residential Services, LP | 9 | $407,311 | 382 |
| Texas, State of | 4 | $392,723 | 158 |
| Kupplin World Wide, LLC | 1 | $378,050 | 0 |
| Oasis Palateria | 1 | $325,000 | 0 |
| Logmet LLC | 8 | $289,739 | 51 |
| VSA Company | 1 | $280,088 | 24 |
Related pages:
Sources
Where this record comes from
The record comes from the Wage and Hour Division compliance action data published by the U.S. Department of Labor, every concluded investigation since fiscal 2005, snapshot dated April 22, 2026 and read for this page on November 5, 2026. The Wage and Hour Division is the office that made the findings. Figures are printed as the file carries them, a zero included; an investigation with no end date is shown by its start; the county is the one the Census Bureau puts the employer's ZIP code in.
Disclaimer. The wage and hour information here is for general information only. It comes from the Labor Department's closed case file as the Department publishes it, which can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and a case on this record is not a court judgment and not an admission by the employer. Check with the Wage and Hour Division before you rely on it. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.