Wage Theft

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.

Waverly Inn has been sued by a former waiter for failing to pay the lawful minimum wages, misappropriation of tips and retaliation.

Two Japanese restaurants in Philadelphia were ordered to pay $1 million in back wages and damages to over 200 employees for minimum wage and overtime violations

A restaurant chain has agreed to pay $4 million to settle a wage theft case that alleged that 300 immigrant workers were cheated out of overtime wages.