Perry’s Steakhouse and Grille was ordered to pay more than $21 million in back wages and damages for requiring servers to share tips with ineligible employees.
The restaurant chain, which has six Houston-area locations, must pay about $3.4 million in back wages to a group of more than 700 servers, plus $7.1 million for misappropriated tips, $10.5 million in damages and other fees, according to the final judgement filed Tuesday in federal court.
The restaurant disagrees with the ruling and plans to appeal, Perry’s Restaurants chief operations officer Rick Henderson said in a statement to the Houston Chronicle…