If I could give one piece of advice to everyone in this sub: ignore anyone telling you it’s a waste of time pursuing legal remedies against your employer.
In 2019 I started working in a tip-based position for a company that had expanded out of Las Vegas into Massachusetts, where I lived. Now as one might expect for a brand new branch, staffing was a little bit chaotic, and overtime was given out freely. Of course Massachusetts differs from Nevada in several key ways, one of which is requiring overtime to be paid out at 1.5 times the HOURLY minimum wage for all staff, with no exception for TIPPED employees. Thus, an employee with a tipped hourly of $5, would get paid overtime at $22.50 an hour.
Of course it took a concerned coworker to notice the discrepancy, but 18 months later, triple damages minus attorney fees I got a five digit check for a wage settlement. Paid for my honeymoon and the downpayment on a house.
So there is hope, there is value in holding your employers to account.