Back wages for restaurant workers

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RESTAURANT WORKERS RECEIVE back wages The FLSA has established many requirements to protect employees. SUCH AS FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE = $7.25/hr The FLSA also requires employers to: provide FLSA tip credit provisions info maintain accurate time and payroll records comply with restrictions applying to workers under 18 The DOL Wage & Hour Division recently conducted an investigation on two restaurant locations which resulted in the disclosure of FLSA minimum wage and overtime violations. The employers required servers to participate in an illegal tip pool, or tip sharing arrangement. The FLSA states that tips belong to the employee who receives them. As a result of the DOL investigation, 105 workers will receive a total of $232,295 in back wages from the two restaurants. To read more on invalid tip pools, click here. copyright 2014

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RESTAURANT WORKERS RECEIVE

back wages

The FLSA has established many requirements to protect employees.

SUCH ASFEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE

=$7.25/hr

The FLSA also requires employers to:

provide FLSA tip credit

provisions info

maintain accurate time

and payroll records

comply with restrictions

applying to workers under 18

The DOL Wage & Hour Division recently conducted an investigation on two restaurant locations which resulted in the disclosure of FLSA minimum wage

and overtime violations.

The employers required servers to participate in an illegal tip pool, or tip sharing arrangement.

The FLSA states that tips belong to the employee who receives them.

As a result of the DOL investigation, 105 workers will receive a total of $232,295 in back wages

from the two restaurants.

To read more on invalid tip pools, click here.

copyright 2014