Dave & Buster’s Sued by Bar, Wait Staff Over Tip-Credit Pay (1)

Dave & Buster’s Inc. systematically underpays dozens of servers and bartenders by taking a tip-credit from their hourly pay, while not fully complying with Fair Labor Standards Act and Arizona wage rules, according to a proposed class and collective action filed in a federal court in Phoenix.

The lawsuit was brought by Natasha York and Gery Pearson, who worked as servers at Dave & Buster’s locations in Glendale, Ariz., and El Paso, Texas, respectively. They sued individually and on behalf of other tipped workers employed by the arcade-restaurant chain in those states and across the country.

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