March 24, 2025
Restaurant chain Steak 'n Shake will shell out $372,000 to nearly 150 servers who claimed that they were not paid full minimum wages when they spent more than 20% of their time performing nontipped work, as an Ohio federal judge approved the deal Monday.
August 16, 2024
Servers claiming a restaurant chain violated tip credit regulations can snag a partial win in their suit, an Ohio federal judge ruled, saying they performed enough untipped work, but they didn't spend enough time performing tip-supporting tasks.