DUNCAN, Okla. (AP) - An Oklahoma restaurant has
agreed to pay $84,864 in back wages to 30 current and former servers
following an investigation by the U.S Department of Labor.
The agency said Wednesday that Peyton's Place in
Duncan agreed to pay the back wages after it found violations of the
minimum wage and record-keeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards
Act.
The investigation discovered that the employer
failed to pay servers the required minimum wage of $2.13 per hour for
tipped employees, instead requiring them to work only for tips. The
agency says the company also did not maintain records of the numbers of
hours worked by employees.
The restaurant's manager, Lauren Brown, says she
was not familiar with the investigation. Owner Justin Griffith did not
immediately return a telephone call seeking comment.
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