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A recent news article posted by Texas Record highlights the class action lawsuit brought against Ensite USA by day rate employees represented by our firm alongside with Bruckner Burch PLLC. This project management company based out of Houston, Texas allegedly did not pay its day rate workers the appropriate wages. The lawsuit seeks to recover unpaid overtime, liquidated damages and attorneys’ fees and costs.

Ensite required its non-exempt day rate employees to work well over 40 hours per week without paying ...

Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP has filed a class action wage lawsuit against the Beatrice Inn restaurant, a high end West Village chop house known for its extravagant steak options. According to the lawsuit, Butcher’s Block Hospitality, LLC and Angela Mar, owners of the Beatrice Inn restaurant failed to pay its tipped workers overtime compensation, minimum wages, misappropriated tips, and other damages. Employees that would be affected by the lawsuit include tipped workers such as bartenders, barbacks, captains, and others in ...

Law360’s recent article delves into some of New York’s highest profile cases that hope to have significant action in the courtroom this year or see some sort of resolution in 2018. The cases to watch include allegations of presidential sexual misconduct, women lawyers’ equal-pay claims, the sentencing of former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli, and former banker Jennifer Sharkey’ s ongoing fight against JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Brian Schaffer, partner of Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP, was interviewed for his take on a ...

Fitapelli & Schaffer is pleased to announce the preliminary approval of a revised $19.1 million settlement against TGI Friday’s Inc. by a class of 28,000 tipped employees. A settlement that was originally denied by the Judge resurfaced after specific provisions were removed.

The settlement was initially denied due to the vagueness of the class action’s confidentiality provisions, waivers, and releases. TGI Friday’s allegedly violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, along with the laws of nine states, which the federal judge now ...

Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP has filed a lawsuit for sexual harassment and retaliation against Prova Pizzabar co-owned by the former judge of “Iron Chef America”, Donatella Arpaia, and celebrity lawyer, Mark Geragos. The pair is being accused of not properly managing sexual harassment complaints at their Grand Central Terminal pizzeria, terminating the employee who was accosted, and retaliating against her. The former employee claims she was subject to constant sexual harassment at the hands of her co-worker ...

An unpaid overtime lawsuit against Chipotle that was initially filed by Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP and two other labor law firms in November 2012 had been seemingly stopped in its tracks in March of this year. The lawsuit had accused the fast food Mexican chain of wrongfully denying its apprentices overtime and that they had misclassified them as managerial workers. A judge ruled that the lawsuit could not be brought as a class since Chipotle stores in different areas operated ...

Our firm is proud to announce a record breaking settlement amount of $19.1 million for almost 29,000 TGI Friday’s tipped workers.  This result was reached in order to resolve several claims alleging federal and state wage violations. TGI Friday’s, the restaurant chain with an international presence, ultimately agreed to settle in order to eliminate the risk, cost, and delay of years of further litigation. The lawsuit affected TGI Friday’s tipped workers in the following nine states: New York, New Jersey, ...

Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP, through its commitment and perseverance in helping recover tens of millions of dollars for its hard working clients, has once again been named to Super Lawyers. The firm focuses exclusively on employee rights and has achieved substantial results in cases relating to unpaid wages, overtime pay, tips and commissions, as well as
discrimination, wrongful termination and whistleblower matters. Click below to read more about the firms success.

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F&S Presents the National Employment Law Project (NELP) with a $30,000 Charitable Award Following a Class Action Settlement.

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Sales representatives for the Nissan dealership of Star Auto Group asked a New York federal judge on Tuesday to grant conditional certification in a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) case alleging they were paid less than the minimum wage and shorted commission.

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