Food

July 28, 2017 Former employees of Olio Restaurants LLC and Why Not My Way LLC have filed suit against the companies and two individuals claiming they were not paid proper wages.

July 26, 2017 Ruby Tuesday, Inc. is on the receiving end of a proposed collective action that claims it purposely misclassified its assistant managers as exempt from overtime requirements and failed to pay them proper wages.

July 26, 2017 A proposed collective action has been filed against the respective operating companies of Mariner’s Harbor Restaurant and Frank Guido’s Little Italy, along with three individual owners, alleging that they violated several labor laws.

July 26, 2017 Iron Sushi LLC is one of eight defendants named in a proposed class action filed over allegedly illegal tip credits taken on employees' wages.

July 26, 2017 New York City restaurant Taco Mix and three individuals are defendants in a former cook's wage and hour class action.

July 26, 2017 Long Beach, NY restaurant JR Asian Fusion is staring down allegations it failed to pay proper minimum and overtime wages.

July 25, 2017 Perfect Delivery, Inc. and Perfect Delivery North America, Inc. – which operate about 21 Papa John’s pizza restaurants in the Carolinas – have been accused of failing to properly reimburse delivery drivers for the use and maintenance of their vehicles.

July 24, 2017 Tri-State Candy Wholesale, Inc., United Beverage Distributor Inc. (which does business as Beer Brothers), and two individuals have been named as defendants in a proposed collective action that claims they violated several labor laws.

July 24, 2017 First & Finest Deli Corp. and an individual owner are facing claims that they failed to pay their employees proper wages and neglected to provide them with accurate wage documents.

July 24, 2017 Three former employees of Thai Num Soup Inc. (which does business as Thai Soup) have filed suit against the company and an individual owner over claims that the defendants violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York state law.

July 21, 2017 A former employee of Cypo, Café, Inc. has accused the restaurant and its owner of failing to pay him and other employees proper overtime wages.

July 21, 2017 Calico Jack’s Cantina allegedly failed to inform employees that they would be paid based on a tip-credited rate and required them to spend more than 20% of their time performing non-tipped duties.

July 21, 2017 Sazon, Inc., Riverbank Restaurant LLC, and four individuals are on the receiving end of a proposed collective action that claims they violated several provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York state law.

July 20, 2017 Gallagher’s Steakhouse and its owner are the defendants in a proposed collective action that alleges the parties are “blatantly stealing” wages from wait staff.

July 19, 2017 Three former employees are behind a class action alleging NYC"s Koronet Pizza and its owners owe unpaid minimum, overtime, and spread-of-hours wages.

July 19, 2017 Sushi Aji, Inc. and two individuals are the defendants in a propose wage and hour class action lawsuit.

July 18, 2017 Diner 24, Inc. and two individuals have been named as defendants in a proposed class action lawsuit filed by former employees who claim they were not paid proper wages.

July 18, 2017 Herald Square Market Inc. and two individuals are facing a proposed collective action filed by current employees who claim they have not received proper wages or been provided with required wage documents.

July 17, 2017 Tarpon Turtle Grill & Marina, LLC and an individual owner have been named as defendants in a lawsuit filed by a former employee who claims they failed to pay him proper overtime compensation and fired him in retaliation for voicing his wage concerns.

July 14, 2017 The operating company and three individual owners of sports bar Blondies has been accused in a proposed collective action of failing to pay employees any wages at all.

July 13, 2017 Two operating companies of ShopRite grocery stores in New Jersey, along with two individuals, are on the receiving end of a proposed collective action filed by a former employee who claims he was unlawfully misclassified as exempt from overtime pay.

July 13, 2017 Fresh Natural Food Inc. (which does business as Panini Tozt) and an individual owner are facing a proposed collective action filed by a former employee who claims they failed to pay him proper wages and provide wage documents.

July 13, 2017 Rapi Inc. (which does business as Brioso Ristorante) and two individual owners are facing a proposed collective action that claims they failed to pay their employees any wages at all and neglected to provide them with required wage documents.

July 13, 2017 A blind NY man claims in a class action lawsuit that DoughnutPlant.com contains accessibility barriers that violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.

July 12, 2017 Two individual owners and two operating companies of Juquila Mexican Cuisine and Juquila Kitchen & Bar have been accused by former employees of committing various labor law violations and discriminating against female employees.

July 12, 2017 Two operating companies and two individual owners of New York City’s Famous Original Ray’s Pizza are the defendants in a proposed collective action filed by a former employee who claims they failed to pay him proper wages.

July 12, 2017 Three operating companies and an individual owner of Sage Woodfire Tavern have been named as defendants in a proposed class action lawsuit that claims they altered the record of employees’ hours worked to avoid paying them.

July 12, 2017 Branded Restaurant Foods LLC is the defendant in a proposed class action that claims its websites discriminate against blind users by denying them full access to online goods and services.

July 9, 2017 A new class action lawsuit claims Dunkin' Donuts uses fake blueberries in some of its donut and munchkin products.

July 9, 2017 A blind man has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Bonchon LLC and four affiliates claiming the restaurant companies’ website is inaccessible to the blind population.

July 8, 2017 World Waters LLC and World Waters Holdings, LLC are the defendants in a proposed class action lawsuit alleging that they mislabeled their WTRMLN WTR products.

July 7, 2017 Sunshine USA Inc., which does business as Wu Liang Ye, and two individual owners are the defendants in a proposed collective action that claims the Chinese restaurant failed to comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act and state law.

July 6, 2017 Pardo’s Grill Café, Inc. (which does business as Ceviche 7 Mares Peruvian Food) and an individual owner are on the receiving end of a lawsuit that claims they violated several provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and Florida state law.

July 6, 2017 Coca-Cola is the defendant in a class action lawsuit claiming its Gold Peak Tea products, contrary to ad claims, contain artificial preservatives.

July 5, 2017 Four proposed class actions filed in one day allege 1220 Management Group and two other defendants ran an illegal tip pool and shorted workers' wages.

July 5, 2017 Two former employees of Newark, New Jersey’s Paleio Bar & Grill have filed suit against the restaurant’s operating company and an individual owner claiming that they were not paid for their full hours worked or their overtime hours.

July 3, 2017 A former employee of Bogopa Madison LLC (which does business as Fine Fare Supermarket) has filed suit against the company and two individual owners claiming the defendants owe him unpaid overtime wages.

July 3, 2017 Gold Ring Catering and its president are the defendants in a suit filed by a former cashier who alleges he and other workers were not paid proper wages.

June 30, 2017 A blind individual has filed two separate lawsuits against Friedman’s 31st Street, LLC and The Halal Guys Inc., respectively. The suits claim that the defendants’ websites are inaccessible to the blind population.

June 30, 2017 The owners of Colton's Steak House and Grill are facing a class action alleging servers were forced to participate in an illegal tip pool.

June 30, 2017 The operating company of Mezcal Grill and Bar and two individuals are defendants in a lawsuit that claims they refused to pay an employee for any of the hours he worked and fired him in retaliation for complaining about their denial of overtime wages.

June 30, 2017 A class action lawsuit claims Shake Shack's website discriminates against blind and visually impaired Internet users in violation of the ADA.

June 30, 2017 The operating company of Miami’s Jungle Juice Café and three individual owners are facing a former employee’s claims that they failed to pay her any wages at all for her eight weeks of employment.

June 30, 2017 Puerto Madero International Corporation (which does business as PM Fish & Steak House) is facing claims that it violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by failing to pay its employees proper overtime wages.

June 30, 2017 The operating company of Panda Pavilion and three individuals are the defendants in a proposed class and collective action alleging that they failed to properly pay their employees.

June 30, 2017 Seven seasonally contracted migrant workers claim North Carolina's Ham Farms, LLC and three others owe unpaid wages for the 2015 and 2016 farming seasons.

June 29, 2017 Ten companies, which together operate about 74 Domino’s Pizza restaurants in California, are the defendants in a proposed class and collective action that claims they failed to properly reimburse delivery drivers.

June 29, 2017 A class action filed in New York claims Docks Oyster Bar & Seafood Grill's website is not in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

June 28, 2017 A Sarasota, FL McDonald's operating company is facing a class action for allegedly failing to pay crew members proper overtime wages.

June 26, 2017 Two Florida food companies are the defendants in a chef's class action claiming the companies failed to pay proper overtime wages.