Peruta v. Outback Steakhouse of Florida, Inc.

Former employees of the defendant, Outback Steakhouse of Florida, Inc., bring this action on behalf of themselves and other current or former employees of the defendant’s seven Outback Steakhouse restaurants in Connecticut who worked as food servers (servers) from June 2, 2002, to the present. They claim to have been underpaid in violation of the Connecticut Minimum Wage Act (act), General Statutes § 31-58 et seq., and § 31-62 El et seq. of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. The class is said to consist of “certainly well over 200 or 300 individuals.” The defendant has objected;…