May 23, 2023
The operator of New York City-area Applebee's restaurants agreed to pay $1 million to tipped workers claiming they were cheated out of wages and up to $2 million in attorney fees and costs, ending two related collective lawsuits that began in New York federal court a decade ago.
October 05, 2017
A New York federal judge on Wednesday agreed with a group of Applebee's franchise employees that the company shouldn't have taken so-called tip credits from their pay in a recommendation that, the workers' attorneys say, could lead to more than $100 million in payments from the company.
April 23, 2015
Outten & Golden LLP and Fitapelli & Schaffer LLP on Wednesday urged a New York federal judge to nix a bid to sanction the firms in an overtime class action accusing an Applebee's franchisee of withholding overtime wages, slamming a claim that the firms displayed a misleading advertisement about their role in the suit.