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AG Campbell fines Boston restaurant $1.8 million for tip pool violations
In Massachusetts, tip pooling is only permitted for wait staff, bartenders, and other service employees. Staff with managerial responsibilities cannot share in a tip pool, even if they help serve customers, according to
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An employee complaint alleging that workers promoted to managerial roles remained a part of the restaurant's tip pool prompted the investigation, which was handled by the Fair Labor Division at the attorney general's office.
Boston's Zuma location at the Four Seasons Hotel at One Dalton
is one of its London-based parent company Azumi's 28 permanent and 11 residency locations across the world, according to
The fine announced Monday is part of Campbell's broader push to 'protect workers from exploitation, ensure workers are paid the wages they are owed, and hold employers who violate labor and wage laws accountable,' the attorney general's office said.
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