February 04, 2026
A steakhouse chain violated tip credit rules by including morning-shift employees in its tip pool even though they worked primarily while the restaurant was closed to guests, a Colorado federal judge has ruled, finding those workers were not "customarily and regularly tipped" because their customer interaction was minimal.
December 18, 2024
A Colorado federal judge said a collective of servers can proceed on two of their claims accusing a steakhouse chain of unlawfully claiming a tip credit, but decertified the collective as to their claim that the company illegally retained funds from a tip pool.
December 05, 2024
A Colorado federal judge on Thursday kept alive a suit by tipped servers accusing a steakhouse chain of underpayment, rejecting the chain's invitation to rely on the Fifth Circuit's decision striking the U.S. Department of Labor's final rule on tipped wages.