The Seattle Office of Labor Standards says a Central District pot shop that has since been replaced by another business has agreed to pay $23,000 to former employees over violations of the city’s Wage Theft Ordinance.
The office announced the agreement with the ownership of the shuttered Ponder last week with no additional information about the alleged violations. The company and its owner agreed to pay $22,798.70 to 31 former employees, the office said in the announcement.
Violations can include problems with a company’s tracking of work hours and overtime, how tips are handled, and other wage disputes.
Forbidden Cannabis opened in the E Union location of Ponder in 2022 after Ponder owner John Branch put his business and the property up for sale. The building was coveted both for the value of its land and its cannabis license just down the street from the headquarters of one of the city’s leading pot retailers, Uncle Ike’s.
Ownership of Forbidden includes industry veteran Saranjit Bassi who took on the city of Bonney Lake over its retail cannabis ban.
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