On May 28, 2014, a Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of all servers who work or worked at Levy Premium Foodservice d/b/a the Stadium Club at U.S. Cellular Field in Illinois, the home of the Chicago White Sox. The lawsuit alleges that servers should have been paid the full minimum wage rate ($7.25) instead of the reduced tipped minimum wage rate ($4.95) because the Stadium Club failed to properly notify them of the tip credit provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and improperly classified a mandatory service charge as a tip.
This is another major sports stadium that has been sued for allegedly violating the wage and hour laws of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Currently, Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP is also litigating two lawsuits on behalf of in-seat servers and banquet servers who worked at Yankee Stadium.
Anyone who works or has worked at a sports stadium as a tipped employee within the past 6 years may have a wage claim. Please contact the employment lawyers at Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP, (212) 300-0375, to discuss your rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the New York Labor Law.