May 23, 2022
Denny's and a former employee sorted out their disagreements on attorney fees and costs the server requested as part of a settlement, ending a lawsuit in Florida federal court alleging the restaurant chain violated tip-credit requirements under federal law.
July 09, 2021
A Florida federal judge intended to toss claims by workers who joined a proposed tip-credit collective action against Denny's, not just claims of the worker bringing the suit, the judge said in response to a request from the Eleventh Circuit, where an appeal can now proceed.
July 08, 2021
A Florida federal court must clarify whether its tossing of claims by a worker bringing a proposed tip-credit collective action against Denny's effectively ended claims by workers who joined the suit, the Eleventh Circuit ruled, saying it would lack jurisdiction over an appeal if claims remained open.
August 04, 2020
A federal judge in Miami has declined to greenlight a nationwide class of Denny's servers who allegedly got paid less than minimum wage, saying the former waitress behind the suit hadn't offered enough evidence to justify letting an 8,400-person collective action go forward.
November 14, 2019
Denny's Inc. was hit with a Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuit Wednesday in federal court in Miami alleging the national restaurant chain has improperly paid servers below minimum wage based on the law's "tip-credit" provisions without meeting several of the provisions' requirements.