September 2011

Pizza delivery drivers at Papa Johns Restaurants were granted collective action certification in their lawsuit. Find more information about this story here.

A jury decision finding that Chili’s Restaurants unlawfully required its servers to share tips with expediters. Find more information on this story here.

United States District Court Judge Leonard B. Sand issued a Final Judgment and Order on September 8, 2011. Find out what the order contained here.

There is a growing tension between restaurants and consumers regarding the mandatory 20 percent gratuity for six. Find more information on this story here.

The lawsuit claimed that between 2002 and 2007, Applebee’s General Manager, Mike Cordova, regularly groped female employees. Find more on this story here.

The Assistant Managers claim in the lawsuit that they spent most of their workday performing manual labor. Find more information on this story here.

The general manager of the Panda Express located on El Paseo de Saratoga gave less desirable assignments to Hispanic workers. Find more on this story here.

The Four Seasons Resorts in Maui and Hualalalai, Hawaii, unlawfully retained service charges. Find more detailed information on this story here.