A Mexican restaurant in Williamson County was ordered to pay 40 employees more than $179,000 in back wages following an investigation by the U.S. Dept. of Labor.
Authorities say the Mexican Restaurant violated the Fair Labor Standards Act after an investigation found the employer made servers pay $7 to $10 per shift into a tip pool, which the employer then used to pay the hourly rates of non-tipped employees. The investigation also found the employer retained credit card tips earned by hosts and hostesses on to-go orders.
