Restaurant Group Agrees to $1.49M Pay, Sick Leave Settlement

A restaurant group with locations in the Washington, D.C., area agreed to pay up to $1.49 million to settle claims it didn’t provide sick leave required by a city law and underpaid tipped employees.

There are 962 class members eligible to share in the settlement, according to a motion for court approval the workers’ attorneys filed. The awards range from $25 to over $25,000, they said. Precise amounts depend on whether an eligible class member opts in or out of the settlement and how many weeks the employee worked.

Farmers Restaurant Group didn’t provide its Washington employees with sick leave, ...