September 20, 2022
A restaurant chain will pay nearly $800,000 to 2,600 tipped workers after a Pennsylvania federal judge preliminarily approved the settlement despite initial doubts on whether the agreement coerced employees to sign on to the deal.
July 07, 2022
A Pennsylvania federal judge denied a group of workers approval on their nearly $800,000 class and collective settlement to resolve their tipped wage claims lodged against a restaurant chain, ruling Thursday that the agreement coerces employees to sign on to the deal.
July 07, 2022
A Pennsylvania federal judge Thursday refused to preliminarily sign off on a settlement in a tip-related class action against a restaurant chain, calling the proposed deal "coercive" because it requires non-parties to opt in to receive benefits.
February 24, 2022
A Northeast restaurant chain has agreed to settle claims that it underpaid workers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey by nearly $800,000, attorneys told a Pennsylvania federal court Thursday.
December 14, 2020
Servers for a Northeast restaurant chain cannot move forward with their claims that the company failed to give notice about a tip-credit system, but they can proceed as a collective on claims the chain underpaid them for untipped work, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Monday.