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Saban Legal Services Settlement Mentioned on Boston.com
Boston.com also picking up the settlement! https://www.boston.com/food/food-news/2025/05/05/contessa-tipped-employees/?p1=hp_featurebox
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Saban Legal Services Settlement Mentioned on Eater
Eater Boston writer Erika Adams was nice enough to mention our MFG settlement on Eater Boston. Take a look! https://boston.eater.com/2025/5/1/24414016/major-food-group-contessa-tips-wages-settlement-agreement-boston
Minimum Wage
Saban Legal Services Settles on Behalf of 68 Current and Former Major Food Group Employees
Life is hard. Your job is draining. The weather sucks. Politics wear you down. Getting a small escape from that is why bars and restaurants are an essential part of our culture. Even when you don’t feel great it’s nice Read more…
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Saban Legal Services Quoted in Massachusetts Attorney General’s 2023 Labor Day Report
Saban Legal Services would like to say thanks to Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell for including us in her 2023 Annual Labor Day Report! Here is our quote: One of the biggest barriers to justice in this country is the Read more…
Minimum Wage
Restaurant Employees! The Regulations That Control the Tip Credit Just Survived a Court Challenge.
In January of 2022 the Federal Government installed a legal program that completely changed how restaurant employees are paid. This new legal framework totally altered how and when an employee can be paid less than the full minimum wage on Read more…
Class Action
Saban Legal Services Featured on WGBH TV.
WGBH Boston was nice enough to invite Saban Legal Services to talk about the recent litigation with the Barbara Lynch Collective. Here is the link to the interview:
Tips
Saban Legal Services Files Class Action Against Barbara Lynch Collective
On March 29, 2023 Saban Legal Services, along with co-counsel Fair Work P.C., filed a class action lawsuit against the Barbara Lynch Collective, Inc. et al regarding the payment of tips. Massachusetts Law requires employers to remit all tips received Read more…
Minimum Wage
Minimum Wage Rises in Massachusetts
Minimum wage is going up again! Starting on January 1st, 2023 the minimum wage is going up from $14.25 per hour to $15.00 per hour. Also, for the tens of thousands of restaurant workers in the state, the tipped minimum Read more…
Records
Am I Being Paid Correctly?
There are hundreds of factors that go into answering that question. What is my guaranteed salary? Do I get overtime? How much PTO am I entitled to? Am I guaranteed severance? Unfortunately, there are lot of more troubling questions to Read more…
Termination Pay
I got fired. What is next?
I have been fired before. Most of my friends have been fired before. In fact, if you have worked in a restaurant for an extended period of time, you have almost certainly been fired. It’s humiliating, embarrassing, and there are Read more…