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Mass. restaurant to pay $210K over alleged tip violation

SWANSEA Mass. The owners of the Venus de Milo restaurant here have agreed to pay $210,000 to settle allegations that it had illegally withheld tips from employees, according to a statement from the Massachusetts attorney general's office.

The settlement includes $160,000 in restitution to 345 current and former employees and a $50,000 state penalty. The restaurant's owners, Swansea Lounge Inc., admitted no wrongdoing in the settlement.

The attorney general's office said it had been investigating the tipping practices of the southeastern Massachusetts restaurant since 2006.

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