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At Nobu, a Lawsuit Over Workers’ Tips

The New York Times (August 3, 2007) covers a lawsuit by partner D. Maimon Kirschenbaum alleging that managers at one of New York's most famous restaurants illegally helped themselves to servers' tips. Plaintiffs Aaron Pau and Alisa Agofonova, both former waiters at Nobu's group of restaurants, also allege that the restaurants failed to pay them overtime to which they were legally entitled. In New York, Kirschenbaum explains in the article, restaurants may pay waiters substantially less than the state minimum wage because they're tipped employees -- but only if managers don't get a cut from those tips.

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