Have you worked at Lucky Bastard Saloon or Whiskey River Saloon as a server or bartender? You may be owed wages.
Our law firm filed a collective action lawsuit in Tennessee federal court under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) on behalf of tipped employees who have worked at the Lucky Bastard Saloon and/or Whiskey River Saloon in Nashville, Tennessee at anytime since January 15, 2023. In this case, “tipped employees” are workers paid a sub-minimum wage of less than $7.25 per hour, plus customer tips. Examples of tipped employees are servers and bartenders.
The lawsuit alleges that tipped employees at Lucky Bastard Saloon and Whiskey River Saloon were required to share a portion of their customer tips with employees who do not interact with customers (or have very little interaction with customers). The lawsuit also alleges that tipped employees, like servers and bartenders, were required to perform substantial amounts of non-tipped work (such as opening and closing “side work”) both before the restaurants were open to customers and after customers were no longer being served, all while being paid less than minimum wage. Some examples of non-tip-producing work are janitorial/cleaning and stocking work performed before the restaurants were opened to customers—when no customer tips could be earned—and similar work performed after employees were done serving customers.
If you worked at the Lucky Bastard Saloon and/or Whiskey River Saloon in Nashville, Tennessee within the last three years and wish to learn more or join this case, you may call us at (615) 244-2202. You may also submit a consent form to join this case directly to our office by clicking the button below.
