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DANIEL BOULUD RESTAURANTS

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F&S is pleased to announce that Judge Hellerstein has signed off on a stipulation allowing court-authorized notice to be sent to over 600 current and former employees of celebrity chef Daniel Boulud’s restaurants: Daniel, DBGB, Bar Boulud and Boulud Sud.  If a person joins the case, they will be able to seek remedies for unpaid minimum wage, overtime, tips and spread of hours.

 

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PUBLIC HOUSE NYC CASE

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We are pleased to report that Judge McMahon has granted our motion for Rule 23 Class Certification for all tipped and kitchen workers who have worked at Public House, Butterfield 8, Tammany Hall and Wicker Park in the past six years.  We will be sending notices shortly advising employees of their ability to participate and recover if a settlement is reached.  Restaurant workers should be aware that they are able to bring claims for ...

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T.G.I. FRIDAYS LAWSUIT

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On November 20, 2012, Fitapelli & Schaffer filed a class action lawsuit against The Riese Organization, Inc., who owns and/or operates 10 T.G.I. Friday’s in Manhattan.  T.G.I. Friday’s is a popular restaurant brand with more than 500 locations worldwide. This lawsuit alleges that T.G.I. Friday’s failed to pay proper minimum wages, overtime pay, spread-of-hours pay, and call in pay to servers, bussers, runners, bartenders, barbacks and other tipped workers as required under the federal ...

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Yankee Stadium Banquet Servers Lawsuit

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On November 15, 2012, Fitapelli & Schaffer filed a class and collective action lawsuit against Legends Hospitality, LLC and New York Yankees Partnership (collectively, “Yankees”).  The lawsuit alleges that Yankees led their customers to believe that the mandatory service charge during private catering events was a gratuity that would be distributed to the Banquet Servers.  However, the Yankees retained a portion of this gratuity/service charge.  Moreover, the Yankees failed to pay its Banquet Servers ...

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YANKEES LAWSUIT

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Fitapelli & Schaffer filed a lawsuit today in Supreme Court Bronx County against the New York Yankees and Legends Hospitality for failing to pay proper wages and gratuities to in-seat servers.  The lawsuit was filed on behalf on 32 workers, many of which are current employees.  According to the lawsuit, the Yankees and Legends failed to pay the 20% service charge or administrative fee that was automatically added to the menu prices to in-seat ...

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DANIEL BOULUD LAWSUIT

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On August 10, 2012, Fitapelli & Schaffer filed a class and collective action lawsuit against The Dinex Group and Daniel Boulud, the world-renowned celebrity chef.  The lawsuit alleges that Boloud’s restaurants, including Bar Boloud fail to pay proper minimum wage, overtime and spread of hours to tipped restaurant workers.  Many of these violations stem from non-tip eligible employees participating in the tip pool, including polishers, expediters and the Maitre’ D.  Under New York law, ...

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GUSTO RESTAURANT LAWSUIT

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On April 24, 2012, Fitapelli & Schaffer filed a class and collective action lawsuit against Gusto Restaurant in New York City.  The lawsuit alleges Gusto failed to pay their employees minimum wage, overtime, gratuities and spread of hours to servers, bussers, runners, bartenders, barbacks, dishwashers, salad and pasta preparers.  Since we filed the lawsuit, additional workers have joined the case.  We will seek to represent all eligible workers who have been employed by Gusto ...

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ANDRES CARNE DE TRES LAWSUIT

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Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP recently filed a class and collective action lawsuit against Andres Carne De Tres, a very popular Columbian restaurant in Woodside, Queens.  We allege tipped employees were not paid minimum wage, overtime, spread of hours, gratuities and service charges.  To make matters worse, our client was paid only $30 no matter how many hours worked per shift.  We are seeking to have all current and formers waiters, bussers and bartenders join the case.

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ASTORIA BREWHOUSE LAWSUIT

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Fitapelli & Schaffer recently filed a class action lawsuit against Astoria Brewhouse, a very popular night spot in Astoria, Queens.  The lawsuit alleges unpaid wages, consisting of minimum wage, overtime, spread of hours and failure to pay gratuities.  We are seeking to have the case certified as a class action, where we would represent all tipped employees who have worked at the restaurant over the past six years.  Employees are usually unaware that they ...

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UNCLE GEORGE’S GREEK TAVERN LAWSUIT

Fitapelli & Schaffer filed a collective action lawsuit against Uncle George’s Greek Tavern in Astoria, New York for failing to pay minimum wage, overtime and spread of hours to tipped employees and kitchen workers over the past three years.  Unfortunately, these violations are commonplace at restaurants in New York City.  Employees should be aware that they may be entitled to double damages for wage violations.

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