Class Action Filed Against Outback Steakhouse for Allegedly Underpaying Servers
Florida-based Outback Steakhouse chain has been hit with a prospective class action, alleging it underpaid its servers at nine Connecticut locations.
April 22, 2019 at 04:35 PM
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A prospective class action lawsuit that affects hundreds of servers at nine Outback Steakhouse restaurants in Connecticut claims the chain did not pay employees the full minimum wage for performing nonservice duties.
The lawsuit, which was filed April 18 in Hartford Superior Court against the Florida-based chain, alleges servers at the Connecticut Outbacks regularly performed 30 to 60 minutes of nonservice work each day, but were paid $6.38 an hour for it. The state allows for a $6.38 minimum wage for service duties, such as waiting tables, because restaurant workers can make up the difference in tips. The lawsuit, though, alleges those same employees should have been getting the state's $10.10 minimum wage for nonservice work, such as general cleaning and stocking duties.
Hartford-based Hayber Law Firm filed suit on behalf of former Newington server Ryan Reutenauer, who worked for the eatery from February to June 2017. Richard Hayber says the restaurant owes Reutenauer “several thousands of dollars.”
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