34% of restaurant workers experienced more wage theft in 2021, OFW reports

Jessica Looman, acting administrator of the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division, said during the webinar, the DOL finds more wage and hours violations in food service than in any other industry. According to OFW's data, 46% of restaurant workers reported their employers did not pay time-and-a-half when working overtime. More than a third of surveyed workers said their tips did not bring their wages up to the minimum wage. READ MORE