Matchbox Food Group, owner of Matchbox restaurants, will pay $142,551 in unpaid wages to more than 100 restaurant workers who allegedly made less than minimum wage during some pay periods between 2016 and 2018, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced Tuesday.

The settlement between the District and Matchbox also includes former employees of Ted’s Bulletin, which was formerly operated by Matchbox. (Steve Salis, owner of Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe, bought the diner chain in 2017.)

The D.C. Office of the Attorney General launched an investigation into Matchbox’s wage practices in late 2018 after receiving complaints that several bussers and runners were not being paid the D.C. minimum wage. The D.C. minimum wage was $11.50 in July 2016 and subsequently increased to $13.25 by July 2018; the current minimum wage is $14 an hour and is slated to increase to $15 per hour next month.

As part of the settlement, Matchbox will pay the workers in six monthly installments beginning in December, as well as $5,000 to the District to cover the city’s costs in the case, according to Racine’s office, which says the company has also been ordered to provide proof of its compliance with D.C.’s wage laws within 60 days. Matchbox Food Group didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

It’s not the company’s first high-profile labor-related dispute.

Five employees reached a settlement with Matchbox in 2017 after arguing that the company fired them for trying to organize for better work conditions. In the settlement, brokered by the National Labor Relations Board, the employees were paid lost wages and other benefits, and Matchbox was ordered to post signs in English and Spanish outlining workers’ rights to collectively organize for better conditions.

Matchbox was also among the D.C. restaurants that donated money to the Save Our Tips campaign, which worked to defeat Initiative 77, the voter-approved measure that would have gradually eliminated the tipped wage. Proponents of the measure said that the tipped wage system is too complicated, and makes it easier for employers to commit wage theft. (Ultimately, the D.C. Council repealed Initiative 77.)

The pizza and burger chain has grown to 13 locations, mostly in the D.C. metro area, but it has also expanded to locations in Florida and Texas. The company was acquired by Thompson Hospitality in 2018.

This story has been updated with the correct date OAG started the investigation into Matchbox’s wage practices.