On April 1, 2016, Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP, along with Werman Salas P.C., filed a class and collective action lawsuit against P.F. Chang\u2019s China Bistro Inc., owner and operator of the famous P.F. Chang\u2019s restaurant chain. The lawsuit alleged that P.F. Chang\u2019s failed to pay tipped employees the proper minimum and overtime wages to which they were entitled.\u00a0 On November 28, 2016, the law firms asked the Court for Step-One Certification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (\u201cFLSA\u201d), which would send notice of the lawsuit to all other tipped employees who have worked for P.F. Chang\u2019s in Illinois and New York within the last 3 years.\u00a0 This notice will inform tipped employees of the lawsuit, and will also give tipped employees an opportunity to join the lawsuit.<\/p>\n
Tipped employees covered by this lawsuit are those who have worked at the following P.F. Chang\u2019s locations within the last 3 years:<\/p>\n
Illinois<\/u><\/p>\n New York<\/u><\/p>\n Allegations in the lawsuit include claims that P.F. Chang\u2019s violated federal and state minimum wage laws by requiring tipped employees to perform an excessive amount of non-tipped \u201cside work,\u201d requiring tipped employees to perform work \u201coff the clock,\u201d usually at the beginning and end of their shifts and requiring tipped employees to share their tips with \u201cQuality Assurance\u201d personnel who performed expeditor work and should not have received tips.<\/p>\n If you feel you may be affected by this lawsuit or have any questions please give Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP a call at (212) 300-0375 or visit our website fslawfirm.com<\/a> for more information.\u00a0 You may also view the complaint here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On April 1, 2016, Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP, along with Werman Salas P.C., filed a class and collective action lawsuit against P.F. Chang\u2019s China Bistro Inc., owner and operator of the famous P.F. Chang\u2019s restaurant chain. The lawsuit alleged that P.F. Chang\u2019s failed to pay tipped employees the proper minimum and overtime wages to which they were entitled.\u00a0 On November 28, 2016, the law firms asked the Court for Step-One Certification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (\u201cFLSA\u201d), which would …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[23,45,22],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-1261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-action","category-class-certification","category-flsa-2","tag-flsa"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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