Lewis v. Giordano's Enterprises, Inc.

This matter is before this court on interlocutory appeal pursuant to the provisions of Illinois Supreme Court Rule 308 (155 Ill. 2d R. 308) to consider a question certified by the trial court. Defendant Giordano’s Enterprises, Inc., which owns and operates several restaurants in the Chicago area, has a policy of automatically deducting $0.25 per hour from its hourly employees’ wages to cover the cost of making food and beverages available to those employees while they are working. On November 21, 2006, plaintiff, Mina V Lewis, a former Giordano’s employee, filed a class action lawsuit in the…