The remaining nearly $6.4 million will be paid as a penalty to the commonwealth, which will be put in the general fund.Īccording to the Attorney General’s Office, complainants alleged MGM management illegally participated in wait staff tip pooling, underpaid service-rate employees for overtime and required security to work through meal breaks without compensation.

Each of the 2,036 impacted employees will receive checks for specific restitution amounts. They will receive a share of $461,587.36 in restitution within 30 days of the settlement. In all, more than 2,000 were impacted, the majority of whom were hourly workers, including table game dealers, banquet servers and bartenders, ushers, kitchen staff, casino floor and hotel staff, warehouse personnel, cleaners and security personnel. 25, ending a process that began in October 2018 - shortly after the Springfield casino opened - when the office’s Fair Labor Division started receiving complaints about the management’s practices. SPRINGFIELD - MGM Springfield is on the hook for nearly $7 million in restitution and damages for wage and hour violations after reaching a settlement with the Attorney General’s Office.Īttorney General Andrea Campbell’s staff announced the more than $6.8 million settlement on Oct.

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