DOL Orders Austin Restaurant to Repay Workers Lost Overtime

The US Department of Labor recovered $63,645 for eight workers after an investigation found that El Beto’s Tacos LLC violated federal wage and hour laws by failing to pay overtime and illegally deducting wages from tipped employees, the DOL announced.

The department’s Wage and Hour Division found that the company, doing business as Beto’s Restaurant and Bar in Austin, Texas, failed to pay employees overtime properly, did not compensate workers for duties performed after their shifts ended, and deducted uniform expenses from tipped employees’ wages, resulting in them being paid less than minimum wage. On average, employees worked over eight ...