Money A diner used servers’ tip money to pay its bussers’ wages, probe finds. Now it has to pay $1.35 million. September 16, 2022September 19, 2022Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAYComments Off on A diner used servers’ tip money to pay its bussers’ wages, probe finds. Now it has to pay $1.35 million. A diner must pay its staff $1.35 million in damages and back wages after it ran an illegal tip pool, the Labor Department announced.