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Lubbock Red Lobster employees owed overtime wages; Red Lobster employees nationwide could be owed back pvertime and wages

Servers, waiters and other restaurant employees at a Lubbock Red Lobster are owed money by their employer for unpaid wages and this is the second time the restaurant owner has violated the laws on overtime this year.

109 current and former servers are owed overtime wages of over $27,000 under the laws for overtime and the restaurant owner owes a penalty, or liquidated damages, of $23,980 for violating federal wage and hour laws.

Employees reported on some of the pay practices in the restaurant:

• employees could not clock in at their assigned shift start-time, but only when the restaurant began seating customers;
• the shorter hours led to employees' wages falling below the federal minimum wage, a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Darden restaurant employees that could be affected by similar illegal pay practices:

• Red Lobster
• Olive Garden 
• LongHorn Steakhouse 
• The Capital Grille 
• Bahama Breeze 
• Seasons 52

Waiters, servers, bartenders, hosts/hostesses, servers, alley workers, line cooks, and all restaurant employees are at high risk of illegal wage and hour pay practices, including:

• overtime violations,
• minimum wage violations, 
• illegal tip-pooling practices, and
• being shorted on pay for uniforms and materials.

If you believe your employer has violated the wage and hour laws, you should order our free book on wage and overtime claims to get the insider information your employer doesn't want you to know. Contact a wage lawyer today at 888-449-2068 to start your free case review.

Darden restaurants Red Lobster and Olive Garden operate in many Texas cities including:

Abilene, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Irving, Killen, Lubbock, North Richland Hills, Round Rock, San Angelo, San Antonio, Waco.