Turner v. Millennium Park Joint Venture, LLC (d/b/a The Park Grill and Park Grill Café),
Case No. 09 CH 50701, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois
We have filed claims against The Park Grill on behalf of all tipped employees who were required to contribute $3.00 of their tips per shift to a person whose sole duty was to roll silverware for servers. We have alleged that this practice constitutes an illegal tip pooling scheme that violates Illinois wage laws.
Escobar v. Luxottica Retail North America, Inc. (f/k/a LensCrafters), Case No. 10-cv-1610,
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
We have filed claims against LensCrafters on behalf of all non-exempt, hourly employees in Illinois, who were required to work "off-the-clock". We have also alleged that LensCrafters illegally "shaved" time from the time records of its hourly employees, in violation of the Illinois wage laws. We currently are pursuing the claims of several of our clients in arbitration, with the American Arbitration Association, in addition to the pending federal class action lawsuit.
Warren v. SCS Chicago, L.L.C. (a/k/a Le Colonial Restaurant), Case No. 10 CH 8380,
Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois
We have filed claims against Le Colonial Restaurant on behalf of all tipped and hourly employees. We have alleged that Le Colonial has violated Illinois wage laws by requiring their servers to contribute their tips to an illegal tip pool, because Le Colonial permits its managers to participate in the tip pool. We have also alleged that Le Colonial improperly deducts $0.50 per hour from each of its hourly employees' wages, when the cost to Le Colonial to provide food to its employees is substantially less than $0.50 per hour.
Slayton v. Iowa College Acquisition Corp. (d/b/a Kaplan Online), Case No. 09-cv-6977,
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
We have filed claims against Kaplan Online on behalf of all hourly employees who worked at Kaplan's call centers in Illinois and were required to work "off-the-clock". We have alleged that Kaplan required its employees to be at their place of employment approximately 15 minutes early each day in order to complete work-related tasks (booting up computer programs and software, attending team meetings), before being able to "clock-in" to their shifts.
Williams-Green v. J. Alexander Restaurants, Inc., Case No. 09-cv-5707, U.S. District Court,
Northern District of Illinois
We have filed claims against J. Alexander on behalf of all tipped and hourly employees in Illinois. We have alleged that J. Alexander required its servers to contribute their tips to an illegal tip pool, because J. Alexander (the restaurant) keeps a portion of the tips that employees receive from customers, in violation of the Illinois wage laws. We have also alleged that J. Alexander does not pay the correct rate of overtime pay to its hourly employees.
Harlacker v. Giordano's Enterprises, Inc., Case No. 08 CH 17963, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois
We have filed claims against Giordano's on behalf of all persons who worked as delivery drivers for Giordano's in Illinois. We have alleged that Giordano's misclassified its delivery drivers as independent contractors instead of employees, and that Giordano's did not pay the proper amount of minimum or overtime wages due to the delivery drivers.
Ruffin v. Exel Direct, Inc., Case No. 09-cv-1735, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
We have filed claims against Exel Direct on behalf of all persons who worked as delivery drivers for Exel Direct in Illinois. We have alleged that Exel Direct breached the contracts it entered into with its delivery drivers because Exel Direct failed ailed to pay all compensation owed to the delivery drivers under the parties' agreement.
Ibarra v. Giordano's Enterprises, Inc., Case No. 06 CH 25361, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, and Monson v. Marie's Best Pizza, Inc. (d/b/a Giordano's), Case No. 08 CH 11616,
Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois
We have filed claims against Giordano's Enterprises, Inc. (the corporation), and a franchise of Giordano's (Marie's Best Pizza), on behalf of all hourly employees of both companies in Illinois. We have alleged that both companies improperly deduct $0.25 per hour from each of its hourly employees' wages, when the cost to Defendants to provide food to their employees is substantially less than $0.25 per hour.
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