Posts Tagged ‘Restaurant’
Assistant Managers at Five Guys have filed a class action alleging that the burger restaurants’ California locations have failed to pay them overtime.
The class action
lawsuit was filed in California state court. The lawsuit alleges that the restaurants improperly classified them as ...
Philippe restaurants on Long Island and Manhattan have been hit with a class action
lawsuit by servers and bartenders who complain that they have been denied minimum wage and overtime pay and that the restaurants improperly took a tip credit under the ...
The United States Department of Labor is targeting Long Island restaurants, charging close to 100 restaurants on Long Island with minimum wage and overtime violations in the last year, according to a
Newsday article dated February 24. Chateau ...
The minimum wage and overtime lawsuit against Chickie’s & Pete’s has been expanded to include all of its restaurant locations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The filing of the Amended Complaint was reported in
CBS Philadelphia and
Metro ...
A program on “How to Handle a Wage and Hour Case” will be held at the New York County Lawyers’ Association on January 31, 2013. Faculty for the program are Terri Gerstein, the Labor Bureau Chief, New York State Attorney General’s Office; Justin Swartz, attorney with Outten & Golden LLP; and Noel Tripp, attorney ...
Social Sport Kitchen, a sports bar owned by the former New York Jets wide receiver Wayne Chrebet, was hit with an overtime and minimum wage
lawsuit by the United States Department of Labor. In a settlement reached with the U.S. Department of Labor ...
Bayou City Wings, a Baytown, Texas-based restaurant chain, violated federal law when its managers laid off pregnant employees under a discriminatory policy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a
lawsuit it filed on September 26, 2012.
According to the EEOC's ...
On September 13, New York federal court Magistrate Judge Ronald L. Ellis approved a $5.25 million dollar settlement between current and former tipped service workers and Mario Batali’s eight New York City restaurants: Babbo, Bar Jamon, Casa Mono, Del Posto, Esca, Lupa, Otto, and ...
Renowned Chef Daniel Boulud, whose restaurants have been recognized as the best in New York, has been sued by a former employee for allegedly violating New York and federal wage and overtime laws ...
A former employee of Disney’s Storytellers Café at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, has filed a
Complaint against the restaurant for religious and national origin discrimination and harassment.
In her lawsuit, Imane Boudlal, a Muslim woman who wears a hijab or veil as ...
The owner and franchisee of 25 McDonald’s restaurants has agreed to pay $1,000,000 and provide substantial injunctive relief to resolve a class sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Missoula Mac violated federal ...
Restaurants and bars in New York City have a dangerous level of noise, according to a
New York Times report which measured noise levels at 37 restaurants across the city and found levels that experts said bordered on dangerous at one-third of them.
The
Times ...
A lawsuit alleging that Café Centro, a popular mid-town Manhattan restaurant, violated overtime, spread of hour pay, and other payment of wage requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York Labor Law, may proceed as a class action in arbitration.
In a ...
Restaurant Opportunity Center (ROC) has been accused of harassment by Congressman Darrell Issa, a Republican from California. The House Committee of Oversight and Government Reform is inquiring into the Department of Labor’s support for ROC.
Congressman Issa’s letter to Secretary of Labor Hilda ...
Philippe Restaurant, an upscale Chinese restaurant owned by Philippe Chow, has been hit with a class action lawsuit alleging that the restaurant failed to pay servers at its New York City, East Hampton, Miami, and Los Angeles locations, the applicable minimum wage and ...
A challenge to the United States Department of Labor’s final rule on “tip credit” for restaurant employees has been rejected by a federal court. In
National Restaurant Association v. Solis, Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s May 29, 2012
Decision held that the Department of Labor’s “tip credit” rule was properly enacted.
The Fair Labor Standards ...
Waiters at a TGI Friday’s restaurant in Forest Hills, Queens, have sued the restaurant for unpaid overtime wages.
The class action lawsuit, filed on behalf of approximately 50 waiters, alleges that the restaurant had an unlawful practice of forcing employees to work off the ...
A sex harassment and retaliation case against Sutton Place Bar and Restaurant can move to trial, according to a recent
Decision by a New York court. The lawsuit alleges that owner Neil Hanafy subjected female employees to a hostile work environment by ...
Three current and former waiters for “Felidia,” a popular New York restaurant, owned by Celebrity Chef Lidia Bastianich, claim that the restaurant illegally retained tips and failed to pay minimum wage, spread of hours, and overtime pay.
The
Complaint asserts that the restaurant was ...
Sous Chefs who worked in the kitchen at restaurants owned by China Grill Management, including Ed’s Chowder House, Empire Hotel Rooftop, and China Grill, have sued the restaurants for denial of overtime compensation required by federal and state wage and hour laws.
The employees allege ...
Assistant Managers at Five Guys have filed a class action alleging that the burger restaurants’ California locations have failed to pay them overtime.
The class action lawsuit was filed in California state court. The lawsuit alleges that the restaurants improperly classified them as ...
Philippe restaurants on Long Island and Manhattan have been hit with a class action lawsuit by servers and bartenders who complain that they have been denied minimum wage and overtime pay and that the restaurants improperly took a tip credit under the ...
Social Sport Kitchen, a sports bar owned by the former New York Jets wide receiver Wayne Chrebet, was hit with an overtime and minimum wage lawsuit by the United States Department of Labor. In a settlement reached with the U.S. Department of Labor ...
Renowned Chef Daniel Boulud, whose restaurants have been recognized as the best in New York, has been sued by a former employee for allegedly violating New York and federal wage and overtime laws ...
A former employee of Disney’s Storytellers Café at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, has filed a Complaint against the restaurant for religious and national origin discrimination and harassment.
In her lawsuit, Imane Boudlal, a Muslim woman who wears a hijab or veil as ...
Restaurants and bars in New York City have a dangerous level of noise, according to a New York Times report which measured noise levels at 37 restaurants across the city and found levels that experts said bordered on dangerous at one-third of them.
The Times ...
Philippe Restaurant, an upscale Chinese restaurant owned by Philippe Chow, has been hit with a class action lawsuit alleging that the restaurant failed to pay servers at its New York City, East Hampton, Miami, and Los Angeles locations, the applicable minimum wage and ...
Waiters at a TGI Friday’s restaurant in Forest Hills, Queens, have sued the restaurant for unpaid overtime wages.
The class action lawsuit, filed on behalf of approximately 50 waiters, alleges that the restaurant had an unlawful practice of forcing employees to work off the ...
Three current and former waiters for “Felidia,” a popular New York restaurant, owned by Celebrity Chef Lidia Bastianich, claim that the restaurant illegally retained tips and failed to pay minimum wage, spread of hours, and overtime pay.
The Complaint asserts that the restaurant was ...
Sous Chefs who worked in the kitchen at restaurants owned by China Grill Management, including Ed’s Chowder House, Empire Hotel Rooftop, and China Grill, have sued the restaurants for denial of overtime compensation required by federal and state wage and hour laws.
The employees allege ...