A waiter wearing safety gear to follow sanitary protocols against Covid-19 takes plates of food to serve to customers during a working day at Salon Tenampa on August 22, 2020 in Mexico City, Mexico
A Mexican restaurant in Ohio paid its servers just $10 a week, a DOL investigation found.
  • A Mexican restaurant in Ohio paid its servers just $10 a week plus tips, a DOL investigation found.
  • Servers were "forced" to cash their paychecks then pay their wages back in cash, the DOL said.
  • They were only allowed to keep tips plus $20 per two-week pay period, the DOL said.

A restaurant in Ohio made its servers work for just $10 a week plus tips, the Department of Labor said after concluding an investigation.