July 24, 2024
A Long Island restaurant won't have to face a worker's lawsuit alleging it unlawfully retained a service charge instead of distributing it among servers as promised after a New York federal judge on Wednesday adopted a magistrate judge's reasoning that the service charge was not a voluntarily paid tip.
July 05, 2024
A New York federal judge on Monday will consider a Long Island restaurant's bid to dismiss a worker's lawsuit claiming the restaurant violated federal and state law by retaining a service charge instead of dividing it among servers as it told customers.