Who Would Pay $2.00 An Hour Just To Work?

If part of your wages came from the tips you receive, should you pay your employer just to work?

Employee's from Sophia's House Of Pancakes Were Required to pay two dollars an hour, out of their tips just to work. according to the story that aired in WWMT News channel 3.

Department of Labor Wage and Hourly Division investigators found that the owners of Sophia's Pancake House were requiring servers to pay $2 an hour from their tips, failing to pay workers for time worked, failing to pay workers overtime, making employees pay for missed orders and uniforms, which dropped their pay below minimum wage.

They were ordered to pay $245,000 in back wages and damages to 118 employees. Sophia's operates two restaurants, one in Kalamazoo and the other in Benton Harbor.

you can read WWMT's entire story here.