Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen Sued Over Tip-Credit Wage Practices

Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen faces accusations it underpaid bartenders and servers nationwide by taking a tip-credit from their hourly pay, while not fully complying with federal and state wage rules, according to a new lawsuit filed in federal court in Ohio.

Plaintiff Heather Shelton, who worked as a server at a Pappadeaux’s location in Cincinnati, filed the suit against the restaurant chain’s owners on behalf of other similarly situated tipped employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Ohio law.

The proposed collective and class action names as defendants Pappas Restaurant Inc. and Pappas Restaurant Group LLC, which own and operate ...