Colorado Restaurant Workers Get Wage Class Action Certified

Two restaurant servers convinced a federal district court to certify a class action alleging that Perry’s Restaurants Ltd. and Perry’s Steakhouse of Colorado LLC underpaid their workers.

Plaintiffs Anderson Khalid and Lance Green say the defendants paid a subminimum hourly wage in violation of Colorado wage law by forcing servers to contribute a percentage of sales to a tip pool to subsidize other workers. The plaintiffs have alleged common questions that predominate over individual inquiries, Judge William J. Martinez of the US District Court for the District of Colorado said Wednesday in an order granting their motion for class certification. ...