On April 17, 2014, Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP filed a class action lawsuit against Carlson Restaurants Inc., Carlson Restaurants Worldwide, Inc., and TGI Friday’s Inc., who own and/or operate 920 T.G.I Friday’s restaurants in 60 countries and territories. T.G.I. Friday’s is a popular restaurant brand. This lawsuit alleges that T.G.I. Friday’s failed to pay proper minimum wages, overtime pay, spread-of-hours pay, and uniform-related expenses to servers, bussers, runners, bartenders, barbacks, hosts, and other tipped workers as required under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the New York Labor Law. Additionally, this lawsuit seeks to recover misappropriated tips, unlawful deductions from paychecks, and failure to keep accurate records in violation of the New York Labor Law. We are seeking to represent all tipped workers, including, servers, bussers, runners, bartenders, barbacks, and hosts, employed at T.G.I. Friday’s owned and/or operated by Carlson Restaurants Inc., Carlson Restaurants Worldwide, Inc., nationwide, from April 2008 to present. Eligible employees should call us to join the case.