Juanmonino/Getty Images Two restaurants made servers give $5 in tips to dishwashers on Fridays and Saturdays, the DOL said. The restaurants in Nashville also failed to pay overtime rates and keep accurate records, per the DOL. The restaurants paid $270,751 in back wages to 82 employees following the investigation. Two Nashville, Tennessee restaurants were ordered to pay nearly $271,000 to servers who were forced to illegally share their tips with dishwashers, the Department of Labor said.Cilantro Five Points Inc., the operator of Cilantro Five Points Mexican Grill and Tequila Bar, and Cilantro Restaurant, asked servers to give $5 of their tips to dishwashers on Friday and Saturday nights, the DOL's Wage and Hour Division said in a press release on Friday.Tipped workers in Tennessee, such as servers and bartenders, have to be paid a cash wage of at least $2.13 an hour by their employer, as long as tips increase their take-home pay to at least $7.25 an hour.But these tips can't come from a pool that is shared with staff like cooks and dishwashers "who do not customarily and regularly receive tips," per the Fair Labor Standards Act.The DOL said that the restaurants had paid $270,751 in back wages to 82 employees following the investigation."Restaurant industry employees work hard for their wages, especially for the tips they earn for good customer service.

 

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