Williams Pays $86,000 for Withheld Tips

Williams College has agreed to pay $86,000 to settle a lawsuit over tips it withheld, The Berkshire Eagle reported. Payments of $40 to $6,000 will go to 58 current and former waiters and bartenders who worked for the college's dining service. The suit claimed that the college was imposing a mandatory service charge, suggesting that the funds were used in place of tips, but that the funds were never given to the staff members. The settlement stipulates that the college denies wrongdoing.