The operator of Rosy's Mexican Restaurant forced servers to work for tips alone and didn't pay overtime to workers, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Jacksonville restaurant owes its workers more than $100,000 after forcing servers to work for tips alone, denying overtime wages and failing to keep accurate employee hour records, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

Rosy's Mexican Restaurant, located off Old St. Augustine Road near I-295 in Mandarin, will have to pay $118,042 in back wages and liquidated damages to the 10 employees involved. The DOL's Wage and Hour Division conducted an investigation into E & E Quezada Food Services Corp., which operates Rosy's.

The investigation found the operator failed to pay its servers any wages, forcing them to rely on tips from customers as their only compensation, according to the DOL. Rosy's also failed to pay time-and-a-half as overtime compensation for dishwashers, cooks and certain servers who worked more than 40 hours in a week, investigators found.

The DOL also found the employer failed to maintain accurate payroll records, including start and end times, as well as the total daily and weekly hours worked, as required by law.

Rosy's also allowed a 15-year-old employee to work after 7 p.m. during the school week, which is a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act's work standards for employees under the age 16, the DOL said.

"By denying servers a cash wage and forcing them to live on...

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