Belt et al v. P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc.

  1. December 05, 2024

    Law Professor Can't Unseal PF Chang's Wage Deal Amounts

    A Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Thursday that a Georgia law professor can't intervene or unseal a settlement restaurant chain P.F. Chang's and more than 6,000 tipped servers struck, saying doing so would hurt the parties.

  2. May 10, 2024

    PF Chang's Allowed To Keep 6K-Worker Wage Deal Concealed

    P.F. Chang's can file settlement papers with dollar amounts shielded from public view as the restaurant chain looks to resolve a 5-year-old suit accusing it of cheating more than 6,000 tipped servers out of wages, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled.

  3. July 08, 2020

    PF Chang's Servers Win Cert. In Suit Over Untipped Wages

    P.F. Chang's servers who claimed they were shortchanged wages for untipped tasks won conditional certification of their collective action Wednesday as a Pennsylvania federal judge found they met the burden of making a "modest factual showing" that the restaurant's policy hurt their paychecks.

  4. January 09, 2020

    PF Chang's Doesn't Want Out-Of-State Workers In Wage Suit

    P.F. Chang's has asked a Pennsylvania federal court to refuse to let employees who don't work in the state join a Fair Labor Standards Act suit claiming the Chinese food chain shorted tipped workers' pay, saying it's too early to decide whether they can opt in.

  5. August 15, 2019

    PF Chang's Can't Shake Tipped Servers' FLSA Suit

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday denied Chinese food chain P.F. Chang's bid to escape a Fair Labor Standards Act suit alleging that it shorted workers by paying them a "tipped" minimum wage for nontipped work, rejecting recent U.S. Department of Labor guidance giving employers more leeway to pay at the lower rate.