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A Florida restaurant didn't pay wages to servers, forcing them to work "for tips alone," a US Department of Labor investigation found.
E & E Quezada Food Services, operator of Rosy's Mexican Restaurant in Jacksonville, "failed to pay its servers any wages, forcing them to rely on customer tips as their sole compensation," the labor department said in a press release Wednesday.
Rosy's also failed to pay dishwashers, cooks, and some servers an overtime premium when they worked more than 40 hours in a week, according to the DOL. It also didn't keep accurate payroll or shift records.
The DOL said that the restaurant owed 10 workers a combined $118,042 in back wages and liquidated damages.
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