A Hospitality and Entertainment Group last week agreed to pay a combined $1.03 million to settle lawsuits alleging tip and wage theft. The class-action lawsuits each alleged the restaurant groups withheld a portion of employees’ tips to distribute the money to non-tipped employees or to cover business expenses such as uniforms.
The restaurant also allegedly required tipped employees to spend more than 20% of their shifts performing work that would not produce tips (such as cleaning, preparing place settings and attending meetings).
