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Restaurant employees shortchanged on wages and tips:

The restaurant industry has an estimated 215,000 full-service restaurants in the United States, accounting for $298 billion yearly. Yet many servers, waiters, bartenders and tipped employees nationwide are not paid correctly and are being cheated out of thousands of dollars in wages every year. This industry is particularly at risk of wage and overtime violations.

Case in Point - New York Mets baseball player brought to court for overtime and minimum wage violations

The lawsuit alleges that in the two restaurants, Sofrito and Sazon, employees were not paid minimum wage, overtime, or spread of hours pay. The former restaurant employees claim that workers were paid a fixed shift pay, regardless of how many hours they worked. The lawsuit also claims tipped employees were also forced to share tips with workers who were not entitled to them.

Illegal Tip Sharing
Tip sharing is very common in the restaurant industry, but this practice is usually illegal. The FLSA states that tipped employees are not required to share tips with workers who do not regularly receive tips, including dishwashers, cooks, and managers.

How to recover up to 3 years of your back pay
Kennedy Hodges LLP has represented many waiters, wait staff and kitchen staff to recover the back wages owed to them. Order our free book, "The 10 Biggest Mistakes that can Hurt Your Wage and Overtime Pay," to learn how to recover up to 3 years of your back pay.

If you believe you have been a victim of wage theft contact our office at 1-888-449-2068 to start a free case review with our employment lawyers.

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