June 27, 2019
The companies that operate several Denny's in Ohio failed to decertify a collective action accusing them of improperly paying servers below minimum wage, with a federal judge saying the employees demonstrated a standard policy requiring lots of untipped work.
March 11, 2019
An Ohio federal judge on Friday appeared skeptical of recent U.S. Department of Labor guidance expanding the pool of tipped service workers who can be paid a lower minimum wage, greenlighting a collective action accusing a Denny's franchisee of abusing this lower pay floor.