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Mezcal Mexican Restaurant Pays Over $500K In Wage Violations

The restaurant with locations in Owings Mills and Lutherville withheld money from workers' tips for an alleged tip pool.

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The restaurant withheld money from workers’ tips for an alleged tip pool while failing to distribute those funds among tipped employees, instead keeping them for the business.
The restaurant withheld money from workers’ tips for an alleged tip pool while failing to distribute those funds among tipped employees, instead keeping them for the business. (WJZ)

BALTIMORE, MD — A Maryland restaurant operator recently paid more than $500,000 in back wages, damages and penalties after a federal court judgement found it withheld tips and violated wage agreements.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in Baltimore’s investigation recovered a total of $499,258 in back wages and liquidated damages for 62 workers employed by the operator of Mezcal Mexican Restaurant and Bar in Owings Mills and Lutherville, Maryland.

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