Tip Pool

Love Meat Korean BBQ, a popular Korean restaurant in Stamford, Connecticut, has been sued by the Department of Labor for multiple FLSA violations.

Department of Labor investigators determined that the IHOP Restaurants owed approximately $367,890 and also assessed a civil money penalty of $199,577.

The US Department of Labor has been cracking down on compliance recently, closing a series of cases this month against restaurants for wage theft.

Japanese restaurant in Georgia required to pay over $300,000 for wage theft violations in Georgia.

Subway is notorious for its employee violations, having faced more than 1,100 investigations spanning from 2000 to 2013 according to the Department of Labor.

Tip pools have proved a controversial topic, especially “nontraditional” tip pools which include non-tipped occupations such as kitchen staff.

Stoneacre Group has allegedly failed to pay its employees overtime and minimum wage, misclassified workers, and illegally included managers in tip pools.

A Florida restaurant denied 75 servers their hard-earned tips and is now paying the price for its wage theft.

Zero Otto Nove, a popular restaurant on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx, recently settled a wage theft lawsuit for $92,000.

Giulio Cesare Ristorante, a long-time Italian restaurant on Long Island was hit with a lawsuit alleging wage theft and tip violations.