April 2018

A Manhattan judge ruled that the owner of Kum Gang San fraudulently transferred his property to his wife in order to avoid paying a wage theft judgment.

“The Halal Guys” has been sued for failing to pay its workers overtime and spread of hours pay.

Former kitchen workers at Sammy’s Downtown and Rosie’s Bistro Italiano in Bronxville claim the restaurants unlawfully stiffed them out of their wages.

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

The Brooklyn Eagle wrote an article about the dozen wage theft lawsuits the Pechman Law Group has brought against Brooklyn restaurants.

Del Sol Restaurant has been ordered by the U.S. Department of Labor to pay $144,884 in back wages and liquidated damages to 15 employees.

A Federal Judge issued a decision denying Mario Sbarro’s attempt to get out of a lawsuit by waitstaff of Long Island’s Burton & Doyle Steakhouse.

A Houlihan’s restaurant operator, A.C.E. Restaurant Group Inc., will pay $5 million to settle a USDOL lawsuit, claiming minimum wage and overtime violations.