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
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
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 wage is going up from $6.15 per hour to $6.75 Read more
Many workers have gone through this mental calculus. They are getting their hours shaved, tips skimmed, aren’t being paid overtime, etc. They do a little math, figure they are owed a couple of hundred bucks and decide it’s not worth it. They probably think they couldn’t even get a lawyer Read more