Two restaurants made servers give $5 in tips to dishwashers on Fridays and Saturdays, the DOL said.
The restaurants in Nashville also failed to pay overtime rates and keep accurate records, per the DOL.
The restaurants paid $270,751 in back wages to 82 employees following the investigation.
The DOL said that the restaurants had paid $270,751 in back wages to 82 employees following the investigation.
As well as requiring servers to share tips with dishwashers, the restaurants failed to pay employees overtime rates of one-and-a-half times their usual hourly wages for hours worked over 40 in a week, the DOL said.
Persons:
DOL, —, Lisa Kelly
Organizations:
Service, Department of Labor, Labor
Locations:
Nashville, Nashville , Tennessee, Tennessee