January 05, 2026
A pair of Chinese restaurants in Midtown Manhattan should face claims they underpaid their delivery workers and waiters, a New York federal magistrate judge has said, recommending that the district court preserve the central allegations in the workers' wage and hour suit.
August 07, 2023
The operator of a Manhattan Chinese restaurant called on a New York federal court to toss the claims of a dead worker from a wage action, arguing that the worker's death deprived the restaurant of the ability to contest wage claims.
July 25, 2023
Attorneys for a pair of restaurant workers who left the country before they could be deposed in a wage suit against their employer must pay nearly $30,000 in attorney fees, a New York federal Judge ruled.
July 10, 2023
A Chinese restaurant in Manhattan must face 12 union-represented workers' claims that they're owed back pay to account for unpaid overtime and subminimum wages, a New York federal judge ruled, holding that resolving the claims doesn't require interpretation of a collective bargaining agreement.