Eight people who are or have been employees of Eddie Merlot's allege they were forced to participate in an "invalid tip pool and to share tips with non-tipped employees" including kitchen staff and managers. The group also alleges Merlot has a policy requiring tipped employees to spend more than 20 percent of their time performing non-serving, non-tipped duties while being paid less than minimum wage. [WDRB]
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