A New Hampshire restaurant illegally shared workers' tips with managers, a Department of Labor investigation found

The Department of Labor said that a New Hampshire restaurant paid almost $62,000 back to workers after they illegally shared their tips.

The Concord branch of Dos Amigos Burritos, a small burrito chain in New Hampshire, included managers in its tip pool.

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, managers and supervisors are not allowed to keep their staff's tips.

The Wage and Hours Division of the US Department of Labor recovered over $60,000 in tips and damages for 39 employees of Dos Amigos Burritos.

Millions of restaurant workers have quit their jobs due to low wages, lack of benefits, and poor working conditions. In New Hampshire, employers can pay tipped staff as little as $2.13 per hour, with tips bringing their take- home pay up to a minimum of $7.25 per hour.

Steven McKinney, director of the DOL's Wage and Hour Division for Manchester, New Hampshire, said in a news release that tipped workers in the food services industry rely on their hard-earned tips to make ends meet.

Outside of regular working hours, Dos Amigos Burritos did not respond to Insider's request for comment.

Three 15-year-olds were allowed to work at Dos Amigos Burritos for more than five hours on a school day, according to the DOL.

The Fair Labor Standards Act states that children under the age of 16 can only work up to three hours on school days. Minors can work after 7 p.m., but not after 9 p.m. between June 1 and Labor Day.

The restaurant paid civil money penalties.

The DOL said that some Subway, Popeyes, and Burger King franchisees in South Carolina had violated child-labor laws by allowing children to work late shifts or too many hours.