Chavez v. T & B Mgmt., LLC

Thomas D. Schroeder, United States District Judge

This is a putative collective action by current and former servers and bartenders of Defendants T & B Management, LLC, and T & B Concepts of Hickory, LLC, each d/b/a Hickory Tavern (also collectively, "Hickory Tavern") who operate various restaurants. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants have violated the tip-credit provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA" or the "Act"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 etseq., by requiring these employees to spend a substantial amount of their workweek engaged in pre- and post-shift non-tippable activities. Before the…