December 08, 2023
Ex-servers for a pair of Manhattan eateries urged a New York federal court to certify a class of workers they say were underpaid and forced to share tips with ineligible colleagues, arguing that common proof could determine whether the restaurants' pay policies were lawful.
April 19, 2023
Servers at a pair of Chinese restaurants called on a New York federal judge on Wednesday to restrain their employers from retaliating against them, saying that the restaurants had cut their pay and hours and had served them with a baseless, multimillion-dollar defamation lawsuit.
October 18, 2022
A New York federal judge found Tuesday that a group of servers who claimed that a pair of Manhattan Chinese restaurants underpaid them and stole tips adequately alleged that they were subjected to the same pay policies and granted them conditional collective certification.
September 02, 2022
A woman facing a lawsuit over tip theft allegations urged a New York federal court to dismiss the claims against her, arguing that she is not an employer because her husband operated the two restaurants at issue and she had no hand in day-to-day management.
May 20, 2022
A pair of Manhattan Chinese restaurants violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and the New York Labor Law by underpaying workers for untipped work, a server alleged in a class and collective action filed Friday in New York federal court.