Server in SC? You might be owed back pay for tips [Video]

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The U.S. Department of Labor said it’s been investigating restaurants around the state for the way they distributed tip money to employees. More than 100 were investigated, including one in the South Carolina Midlands. The government says some workers didn’t get the wages they were promised.

“In South Carolina, it is an all too common thing, Just in 2023 alone, we conducted about 108 investigations involving restaurants, resulting in about 1.6 million dollars in back wages due to 600 workers,” Jose Garcia with the South Carolina office of the Department of Labor said.

One of the most recent cases he investigated was in Lexington with Krafty Draft Brew Pub. According to the department, the restaurant owes more than 125 thousand dollars in back wages to 23 workers.

“So broadly speaking the process is pretty straightforward. Sometimes we either make a visit to an …