ROANOKE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) - The Department of Labor recovered $867,572 in owed wages from a Roanoke barbeque restaurant after investigators found that it was not paying overtime and that managers were keeping tips.
According to the Wage and Hour Division, Roanoke Hard Eight BBQ restaurant failed to pay tipped employees fairly by including managers in the tip pool. The Fair Labor Standards Act does not allow employers or their managers to keep tips that workers receive for any purpose.
The restaurant also did not pay the time-and-a-half overtime wage to hourly managers who worked over 40 hours in a work week.
Altogether, a spokesperson said that 910 workers were determined to be owed back wages in tips and overtime.
"Roanoke Hard Eight violated the law by including managers in their tip pool. By doing so, the employer denied tipped workers some of their tips and managers proper overtime wages," explained Wage and Hour District Director Jesus A. Valdez in Dallas. "As businesses struggle to find people to do the work needed to keep operating, employers would be wise to avoid violations or risk finding it even more difficult to retain and recruit workers who can choose to seek jobs where they will receive all of their rightful wages.
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