April 06, 2015
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.
February 26, 2015
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.
February 24, 2015
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.
February 20, 2015
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.
February 18, 2015
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.
January 03, 2014
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.