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Juquila, a Mexican restaurant in Elmhurst, Queens, has been ordered to pay $335,728.26 in back pay and damages to five former servers for unpaid wages and discr

GRK Fresh Greek, a Manhattan restaurant chain, will pay $32,000 and take other steps to settle a sex harassment lawsuit.

Panera Bread has been ordered to pay $4.6 million to settle a class-action lawsuit for unpaid overtime wages.

As the COVID-19 pandemic shifts the way the restaurant industry operates, certain resources may be available to restaurant industry workers during this time.

A central Pennsylvania restaurant chain has agreed to pay nearly $150,000 to settle a wage theft lawsuit.

A Whataburger restaurant in Florida has agreed to pay $180,000 to settle a retaliatory harassment and constructive discharge lawsuit filed by the U.S. EEOC.

A Chili's restaurant in Colorado will pay $150,000 to settle a sex harassment lawsuit charging sex-based harassment and retaliation filed by the EEOC.

Sable’s, the iconic smoked fish restaurant on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, has paid $85,000 to a former delivery/counter worker to settle a wage theft lawsuit.

Gino’s Pizzeria, a popular Long Island eatery, has settled a wage theft lawsuit brought by a former kitchen worker for $94,500.

Louis Pechman was quoted by the New York Post about the health-insurance issues faced by New York restaurant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.