A recent decision by the 1st Circuit of the United States Courts of Appeal provides a valuable lesson to restaurant and food service companies who engage in tip sharing. Recently, the First Circuit held that shift supervisors had managerial responsibility thereby...
Celebrity Chef Mario Batali reached a settlement of alleged tip credit improprieties with approximately 1,100 tipped employees who worked in several of his restaurants including Babbo, Del Posto, Casa Mono, Bar Jamon, Esca, Lupa and Otto. The class-action suit brought...