A Mexican restaurant in Florida will be required to pay its employees nearly $120,000 in back wages after forcing them to work only for tips and denying them overtime compensation, the Labor Department said.
An investigation by authorities found that Rosy's Mexican Restaurant, located in Jacksonville, did not pay wages to those who waited tables, "forcing them to rely on tips from customers as their only compensation."
He also did not pay dishwashers, cooks and other workers for overtime when they exceeded 40 hours a week, according to local station WTNH.
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The law establishes that you must pay for each extra hour worked 1.5 times the value of the regular hour.
In Florida, a waiter earns at least $6.98 per hour not counting tips.
The overtime wage would thus be at least $10.47 for servers in that state.
In all, the Labor Department said Rosy's owed 10 of its workers $118,042 in back wages and damages.
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“By denying servers a cash wage and forcing them to live only on tips, and by denying workers overtime pay, Rosy's Mexican Restaurant
made it more difficult for these employees, who depend on every dollar, to take care of themselves. themselves and their families
,” said Wage and Hour Division District Office Director Wildalí De Jesús.
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The investigative report released by the department says E & E Quezada Food Services Corp., which operates the business, "failed to keep accurate payroll records" in addition to violating labor laws and had a 15-year employee working after the seven o'clock in the evening, contrary to legal labor requirements.
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Employees under the age of 16 are prohibited from working after 7 p.m. from Labor Day through May 31.
From June 1 through Labor Day, those same employees will not be allowed to work after 9 p.m.
The rule applies whether or not there is a school day the next day, such as on weekends or holidays.
