WINTJEN v. DENNY'S, INC. et al

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Case Number:

2:19-cv-00069

Court:

Pennsylvania Western

Nature of Suit:

Labor: Fair Standards

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Christy Criswell Wiegand

Firms

  1. June 07, 2024

    Denny's Cuts Deal To End Workers' Tip Credit Suit

    Denny's has agreed to pay more than $437,000 to end a class action accusing it of failing to properly inform a group of more than 100 servers it would be taking a tip credit from their wages, according to a filing in Pennsylvania federal court.

  2. February 23, 2024

    Workers Snag Partial Win On Tip Notice Dispute With Denny's

    It is unclear whether 10 members of a collective in a suit against diner chain Denny's received a tip credit notice, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled, nevertheless granting an early win to the other workers claiming defective tip credit notices.

  3. June 02, 2023

    Denny's Strikes Partial Deal In Tipped Wages Suit

    Diner chain Denny's said Friday that it has agreed to pay about $43,000 to workers who claimed they didn't receive minimum wage for the time they spent performing non-tip-producing work, partially ending a 2019 suit in Pennsylvania federal court.

  4. November 19, 2021

    Denny's Workers Nab Class Cert. In Tipped Wages Case

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has granted collective and class certification to a group of workers who accuse Denny's Inc. of improperly informing servers of its tipped wage policies and having them perform untipped side work in violation of the law.

  5. June 23, 2021

    Denny's Says Ex-Server Can't Represent Proposed Class

    Denny's says a former waitress who got a win in her lawsuit against the restaurant in Pennsylvania federal court over wage law violations can't go on to represent a class of employees, because she lacks standing and suffers from credibility problems.

  6. February 26, 2021

    Denny's Broke Wage Rules For Tipped Workers, Judge Finds

    Denny's restaurants failed to properly inform its servers of its tipped-wages policy and should have tracked the time they were doing side jobs like cleaning that didn't generate tips, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled in a proposed class action.