June 16, 2014
An Illinois federal judge on Friday preliminarily approved an approximately $2.7 million settlement that will put to bed wage and tip claims lodged by former employees of a now-bankrupt Applebee's International Inc. franchisee.
January 09, 2013
An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday issued a mixed ruling in a class action brought by former Applebee's International Inc. franchisee workers against AppleIllinois LLC, denying the employer's bid to nix a federal wage law claim but finding a state law claim asserted by the workers wasn't up to snuff.
March 02, 2012
An Illinois federal judge upheld certification of a class of former Applebee's International Inc. franchisee workers Friday, finding that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes did not apply to the class in question.
January 25, 2012
A class of former restaurant workers hit back Tuesday at a bid by an Applebee's International Inc. franchisee to decertify their class in Illinois federal court in the wake of stiffened certification standards the U.S. Supreme Court imposed last year in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes.
August 30, 2011
The owner of more than 30 Applebee's restaurants in Illinois asked a federal judge on Monday to decertify a class of former tipped employees who allege the chain improperly tabulated their pay, staking its argument on a U.S. Supreme Court victory for Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
March 04, 2010
A federal judge has granted class certification to a group of up to 10,000 former servers, bartenders and hosts who worked for an Illinois franchisee of Applebee's International Inc. in a suit alleging the company wrongly deducted a tip credit from their wages.