CHICAGO — A federal judge in Illinois recently hit an Elk Grove Village hibachi restaurant with a $100,000 consent decree to settle allegations that the defendant conspired with underground employment agencies in Chicago to target Hispanic immigrants to work for illegally low wages at buffet and Chinese restaurants.
BOSTON — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recently announced a significant settlement with a Massachusetts pizza chain that will resolve wage theft allegations against dozens of current and former employees by paying back the workers’ rightfully earned income.
BOSTON — A former kitchen staff worker for a Massachusetts golf club recently filed a proposed class action unpaid overtime lawsuit alleging the defendant failed to pay her and potentially dozens of other employees for all their hard-earned wages.
LOS ANGELES — Over 80 current and former Pizza Hut employees are still fighting to recover all of their back wages and unpaid overtime from a Kentucky location plagued by a store manager the workers say consistently altered time sheets to save on payroll.
RALEIGH — A group of former restaurant workers for a now-closed Cary, North Carolina eatery recently filed an unpaid overtime lawsuit against the company.
CHARLOTTE — A former manager for a Bojangles fried chicken restaurant filed a class action lawsuit against the company claiming the defendant shorted her and hundreds of others out of hard earned income.