Conners v. Gusano's Chicago Style Pizzeria et al

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Case Number:

4:14-cv-00002

Court:

Arkansas Eastern

Nature of Suit:

Labor: Fair Standards

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Brian S. Miller

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  1. April 06, 2015

    Pizza Shop Servers Allowed To Join Tip-Pool FLSA Suits

    An Arkansas federal judge has paved the way for more than a dozen workers to join as named plaintiffs in a now-split-up collective action accusing Gusano's Chicago-Style Pizzeria restaurant operators of using illegal tip pools to pay waiters less than the minimum wage.

  2. February 26, 2015

    Pizza Chain Says Deal Offer Moots Tip-Pooling Claims

    Gusano's Chicago-Style Pizzeria entities urged an Arkansas federal court Wednesday to slice a named plaintiff from a collective action accusing the chain of using an illegal tip-pooling policy to stiff waiters, saying she has been offered judgment for her claims in full and now lacks jurisdiction.

  3. February 24, 2015

    Judge Gives Pizza Shop Servers New Life In Tip-Pooling Suit

    An Arkansas federal judge on Tuesday agreed to put on hold the decertification of a putative class of pizza waiters accusing Gusano's Chicago-Style Pizzeria of using an illegal tip-pooling policy to pay its waiters less than the minimum wage, giving the servers a chance to state their case.

  4. February 20, 2015

    Pizza Chain Servers Decertified In Tip-Pooling Dispute

    An Arkansas federal judge on Friday decertified a collective action accusing Gusano's Chicago-Style Pizzeria of using an illegal tip-pooling policy to pay its waiters less than the minimum wage, saying the plaintiffs aren't similarly situated and paving the way for four separate trials to proceed.

  5. February 18, 2015

    Pizza Chain Can't Escape Pooled Tips Collective Action

    An Arkansas federal judge on Wednesday trimmed but refused to toss a collective action accusing Gusano's Chicago-Style Pizzeria of using an illegal tip-pooling policy that allowed it to pay waiters less than the minimum wage, finding that whether the chain had willfully violated the Fair Labor Standards Act was still in question.

  6. January 03, 2014

    Pizza Chain's Pooled-Tip Policy Flouts FLSA, Class Says

    A former server at Gusano's Chicago-Style Pizzeria hit the franchise with a collective action in federal court Thursday, accusing the company of using an illegal tip-pooling policy that allowed it to pay waiters less than the minimum wage.

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