On November 28, 2025 Saban Legal Services P.C. filed a class action lawsuit against 40 Trinity Restaurant Group LLC’s restaurant La Padrona alleging misallocation of tips. The basis of the suit is that La Padrona allegedly misallocated tips to employees with managerial responsibilities and back of the house employees. Janelle Read more
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 to walk into a place where your friendly neighborhood bartender, Read more
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 a Tip Credit. If you work for tips in a Read more
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 from customers to their wait staff employees. In our complaint Read more
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 be asked as well. Are they shaving my hours? Where Read more