Wage Theft

The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered$1,651,550 in back wages and liquidated damages from the owner of seven LosAngeles restaurants who denied 83 workers.

An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division and a subsequent federal court lawsuit has found that 36 workers at Rancho Loco...

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

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

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.

The restaurant empire of Seattle chef Tom Douglas will pay $2.4 million to settle a class action lawsuit for tip credit violations.

Three restaurants in Syracuse, New York will pay $184k to 103 employees for cheating their workers out of minimum wage and overtime pay.

Award-winning chef Jose Andres has been hit with a lawsuit alleging that workers at his NYC food hall Mercado Little Spain are being cheated out of wages.

Barbara Simpson, a 59-year-old mixologist and seasoned music industry veteran, is suing Live Nation for age discrimination.