Subway owner faces federal injunction for bounced checks.
The owner of 14 Subway franchise locations in the Bay Area, John Michael Meza, has been hit with a preliminary federal court injunction for allegedly violating child labor laws, issuing bad checks, and obstructing a federal investigation. Meza is accused of instructing employees as young as 14 and 15 to operate dangerous equipment, allowing children to work longer hours, failing to pay wages, and keeping tips from customers. The injunction forbids Meza from violating child labor laws, threatening and retaliating against workers, and obstructing a federal investigation. Meza was also ordered to stop issuing employees checks drawn from accounts with insufficient funds and not to pay his workers using non-payroll accounts.