ARAMARK TO PAY $ 1.5 MILLION IN UNPAID TIPS TO FENWAY PARK FOODSERVICE WORKERS

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from the BOSTON GLOBE:

Fenway workers win settlement over tips
Aramark agrees to pay $1.5m

By David Abel, Globe Staff | July 31, 2009

Fenway Park food service workers who filed a class-action lawsuit against Aramark Sports have reached a settlement with the ballpark’s concessionaire, which they accused of pocketing their tips and service charges.

The $1.5 million settlement, if approved by a federal judge, would provide a minimum of $100 to short-term employees and tens of thousands of dollars to those who have worked for the company the longest.

“The case has been amicably resolved,’’ said Shannon Liss-Riordan, the plaintiffs’ lawyer, who will get a third but declined to comment further, citing an agreement with Aramark not to discuss the settlement.

Lawyers representing Aramark did not return calls.

The settlement, which received preliminary approval last month from the federal district court in Massachusetts, is part of a larger legal battle between food workers and their employers. Last month, food service workers at Boston’s two public convention centers agreed to settle a similar suit against Aramark for $1.75 million.

In both cases, the workers claimed that Aramark charged customers an “administrative fee,’’ which they said amounted to tips that employees never received. Aramark has denied the charges.

FULL story at link.

He would add the gratuity onto the bill of large parties, but then he would keep somewhere between 20% and 50% for the house. Cheap piece of crap.