A Naples restaurant that charges $129 for a three-course prix fixe menu — $149 if you order the tenderloin — lied about jobs, stole tips, improperly paid and otherwise abused workers from the U.S. and imported via H-2B visa program, a U.S. Department of Labor said in a Miami Herald report.
Labor announced that Sails Restaurant paid $184,139 in back wages to 56 workers, $3,288.19 per employee, and a $53,536 civil money penalty for H-2B program violations.
Sails Director of Operations Corinne Ryan said in an email to the Miami Herald that Sails cooperated with the investigation, has used the H-2B program since 2019 and “60% of our H-2B participants are returning employees, a figure that supports our view of the professional opportunities and rewarding work environment we’ve created.”
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