A Texas BBQ chain owed nearly $900,000 in unpaid tips and overtime to employees due to a 'misunderst

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'misunderstanding' of labor laws

A Texas BBQ chain owed nearly $900,000 in unpaid tips and overtime to its employees in what it said was a misunderstanding of labor laws, the US Department of Labor (DOL) reported on Thursday.

The DOL discovered that Hard Eight's Roanoke branch had failed to distribute $867,000 to 910 employees across the branch's five restaurants.

The report stated the company failed to pay tipped employees their tips in full. Roanoke Hard Eight then shared the withheld tips among managers, who weren't paid for their correct hours and only paid a half rate for overtime, it added.

In the statement released by the DOL, wage and hour district director Jesus A. Valdez said, "Roanoke Hard Eight violated the law by including managers in their tip pool. By doing so, the employer denied tipped workers some of their tips and managers proper overtime wages."

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