Restaurant owner forced to repay employees over $800,000 after cheating them out of tips

EAST LANSING, Mich. – A popular taco restaurant in East Lansing, Michigan, has been fined over $820,000 for operating an illegal tipping pool. According to a settlement filed in the U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids, Barrio’s owner, Jacob Hawley, redistributed tips from servers and bartenders to kitchen staff, violating federal wage laws.

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