Wage Theft

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.

Attorneys Lillian Marquez and Laura Rodriguez appeared on ABC’s Tiempo to discuss wage theft in the restaurant industry in New York and waiterpay.com.

Wage theft at NYC diners was the subject of a Gothamist article, which notes that this is “a problem that plagues thousands of restaurant workers in NYC.”

True Food Kitchen, a popular West-coast restaurant backed by Oprah Winfrey, has agreed to settle a wage theft lawsuit brought by former servers for $900,000.

Pret A Manger, an international sandwich shop with 55 locations in New York City, has agreed to pay $875,000 to former restaurant workers for wage theft.

Benny’s Burritos and Blockheads Restaurants will pay several restaurant workers $110k for minimum wage, tip credit, and record keeping violations.

Two Philadelphia restaurants, Tierra Colombiana and Mixto, have agreed to pay 156 employees a total of $830,00 to resolve federal wage theft violations.

A nationwide wage theft lawsuit against TGI Friday’s has been settled for a record $19.1 million in New York federal court.

Au Fudge, a restaurant owned by actress Jessica Biel, was hit with a wage theft lawsuit claiming the restaurant withheld over $430,000 in gratuities.

Ruby Tuesday’s Times Square location was sued for wage theft by a former bartender, for not paying tipped employees for all hours worked...