Workers Sue Longhorn Steakhouse for Failure to Pay Minimum Wage Employees Correctly

Rare Hospitality International failed to pay all the minimum wages owed to workers at its LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants who were compensated on a hybrid sub-minimum wage and tips basis, a new class action lawsuit alleges. 

Plaintiff Ashleigh Patton claims LongHorn Steakhouse tipped employees’ were underpaid since they were allegedly required to perform “non-tipped side work” that was “unrelated to the tipped profession.” 

Patton argues tipped employees were required to spend more than 20% of their time at work and “continuous periods of time exceeding 30 minutes” engaged in “nontipped side work related to the tipped profession.” 

Read the source article at topclassactions.com