Legal Opinion
Camara v. Mastro's Rests. LLC
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 24, 2018No. Civil Action No. 18-724 (JEB)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES E. BOASBERG, United States District Judge
From 2015 to 2017, Plaintiff Koly Camara worked as a server at Defendant Mastro's Steakhouse here in Washington. He subsequently brought this lawsuit, alleging that the company's manner of paying its servers violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and the D.C. Minimum Wage Revision Act. His allegations focus on Defendant's use of a so-called "tip credit" - a method of compensation in which an employer pays its employees a base wage below the minimum level set by law; this is permissible so long as the employees' tips ultimately bring their wages up…
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