Tag Archives: Liquidated Damages

Liquidated Damages? What the Hell does that mean?

If you’ve been keeping up with the latest news regarding wage and hour lawsuits, then chances are you’ve come across the term “liquidated damages.” Every restaurateur should understand what these damages mean and how they are calculated. In this context, ignorance, unfortunately, does not lead to bliss. Liquidated damages is an amount of money damages established as a statutory and/or

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Restaurants, Please Pay your Employees Correctly (or at Least Try!)

During the last ten years, various types of pay violations have become commonplace among the restaurant industry. Even major players like B&B Hospitality Group and the Altamarea Group failed to shake off these costly lawsuits. Unfortunately for restaurateurs, such infractions come with potentially devastating consequences. And, yes, in many instances, houses are lost, and personal assets are liquidated. That is

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