Here’s a Tip – Restaurant Workers Allege Wage and Hour Violations Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

As the Barnes & Thornburg Wage and Hour Practice Group continues to track and catalogue COVID-19 related workplace complaints, this week we want to spotlight an example of the pandemic as an accelerant for wage and hour class and collective actions. The setting for this particular case is an industry hit particularly hard by COVID-19: the restaurant industry. The allegations in this featured complaint highlight many of the wage and hour issues that can present themselves when dealing with tipped workers.