Wage theft

Former servers at Jongro BBQ in NYC have sued in federal court, claiming that the restaurants for several wage theft violations.

Tip pools have proved a controversial topic, especially “nontraditional” tip pools which include non-tipped occupations such as kitchen staff.

Stoneacre Group has allegedly failed to pay its employees overtime and minimum wage, misclassified workers, and illegally included managers in tip pools.

The United States Department of Labor has recovered nearly $200,000 in unpaid wages and damages for dozens of employees of a Freeport Pizzeria.

A Connecticut Court issued a $1.3 million judgment last week against Chip's Family Restaurant chain for violating tip and minimum wage law.

Rosati's Pizza Restaurants pay $250,000 for cheating employees out of their overtime pay.

A Florida restaurant denied 75 servers their hard-earned tips and is now paying the price for its wage theft.

The Journal News reported on a wage theft lawsuit filed by Pechman Law Group against Taco Street and Pizza Station in Chappaqua, NY.

A wage theft lawsuit against Denny’s restaurants alleging tip credit and minimum wage violations has been certified as a class action.