Applebee's Can't Force Discovery In FLSA Suit: Judge

By Julie Zeveloff (January 6, 2009, 12:00 AM EST) -- Finding that Applebee's International Inc. made an unduly burdensome request for discovery, a federal judge has rejected the restaurant chain's motion to compel interrogatories from thousands of opt-in plaintiffs in a collective action accusing the chain of paying tipped wages instead of minimum wage to servers and bartenders in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act....

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