April 11, 2023
A New Jersey federal judge won't toss a proposed class action claiming that a group of Friendly's franchise restaurants failed to pay tipped workers minimum wage for the nontipped work they performed, ruling that the suit shows the claims are not frivolous.
October 25, 2022
A worker urged a New Jersey federal court not to toss wage theft claims against the operator of dozens of Friendly's restaurant franchises, telling the court she had adequately alleged that the restaurateur operated his multistate empire as a centralized enterprise.
September 21, 2022
The owner of 33 Friendly's franchises urged a New Jersey federal judge to toss a server's wage claims against all but one of those restaurants, telling the court that the businesses were not bound together in a single enterprise.
April 21, 2022
Several Friendly's franchisees failed to pay tipped workers minimum wage for the nontipped work they performed during and outside their shifts, a former server said in a proposed class and collective action in New Jersey federal court.