March 02, 2026
Hard Rock Cafe International has agreed to pay $985,000 in a class action accusing it of requiring its servers to perform excessive untipped work without paying them full minimum wage, the workers told a Georgia federal court.
September 22, 2025
A class of servers supported their claims that Hard Rock Cafe International required them to perform excessive untipped work without paying them full minimum wage, a Georgia federal court ruled, rejecting the chain's argument that they didn't lose their tipped-employee status.
March 28, 2024
A Georgia federal judge has granted conditional class certification to a group of Hard Rock Cafe servers alleging the company forfeited its right to pay servers subminimum tipped wages by compelling them to perform excessive untipped work and not telling them a tip credit would be taken against their wages.
October 25, 2022
The Hard Rock Cafe forfeits its right to pay servers subminimum tipped wages because it compels them to perform excessive untipped work, a server alleged in a proposed collective action filed in Georgia federal court.