<![CDATA[tip - Gordon Law Group, LLP]]> https://www.gordonllp.com/blog/tags/tip/ Mon, 14 Oct 2024 15:14:26 GMT en-us <![CDATA[Mario Batali Gives $5.25 Million Lesson in Tip Pooling]]> https://www.gordonllp.com/blog/mario-batali-gives-5-25-million-lesson-in-tip-pooling/ https://www.gordonllp.com/blog/mario-batali-gives-5-25-million-lesson-in-tip-pooling/ Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:45:05 GMT Mario Batali is well known as a celebrity chef, educating many in the fine art of cooking. Now he can add to that resume an education in properly paying employees, as he has just settled a class action suit alleging that his restaurants illegally withheld tips from approximately 1,100 captains, servers, waiters, bussers, back waiters,…

]]> Mario Batali is well known as a celebrity chef, educating many in the fine art of cooking. Now he can add to that resume an education in properly paying employees, as he has just settled a class action suit alleging that his restaurants illegally withheld tips from approximately 1,100 captains, servers, waiters, bussers, back waiters, barbacks and bartenders who worked at Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca, Otto, Casa Mono, Bar Jamon, Esca, Lupa, Del Posto and Tarry Lodge, all in New York.

Managers at those restaurants are accused of deducting from the tip pool 4 to 5 percent of each shift’s wine and beverage sales. Pending approval by the Court, the total bill to Batali’s restaurants now due to their employees: $5.25 million.

If you’re working for a restaurant deducting money from your tip pool, call us.

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