Restaurant in Oregon threatened to fire servers who didn't surrender their cash tips [View all]

a Labor Department investigation found

A sushi restaurant in Oregon threatened to fire servers who didn't surrender their cash tips, an investigation by the Department of Labor found.

The DOL's Wage and Hour Division found that Bonsai Teriyaki and Sushi in Medford, southwest Oregon, had collected and withheld cash and credit card tips earned by seven servers, and "warned them they'd be fired if they failed to surrender cash tips."

This violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, which stipulates that employers are not allowed to keep staff tips "under any circumstances."

In addition, Bonsai Teriyaki and Sushi failed to pay overtime wages to four cooks and sushi chefs, the DOL said.

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