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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.

Since COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, is impacting all aspects of our lives, we are here to answer some frequent questions employees have about their rights.

Giulio Cesare Ristorante, an iconic Italian restaurant in Westbury that opened in 1972, has settled a wage payment lawsuit for $80,000.