Brandon Rodriguez
The U.S. Division of Labor sued San Antonio Italian restaurant Barbaro final fall.
The San Antonio-based proprietor of Italian eatery Barbaro has agreed to pay almost $29,000 to 22 staff to settle a federal lawsuit alleging it made them fork over portion of their tricks to a supervisor, the Categorical-Information reviews.
Pizza Bar LLC, which does enterprise as Barbaro, reached the cope with the U.S. Labor Division in a Wednesday court docket submitting, the day by day reviews. U.S. District Decide Xavier Rodriguez is presiding over the case.
The Labor Division sued Barbaro final fall in San Antonio federal court docket, alleging the enterprise required staffers to pay right into a tip pool, which was redistributed to those that labored their shift, together with a supervisor. The go well with additionally accused the enterprise of shorting present and former staff on federally mandated time beyond regulation pay.
Restaurateur Chad Carey, whose Empty Abdomen Group contains Barbaro, was unavailable for remark Thursday. Nonetheless, he mentioned in a earlier assertion to the Present that he’d been absolutely cooperating with a Labor Division inquiry since 2022 and took the grievance “very severely.”
“Barbaro pays our staff pretty, and supplies well being care, paid break day [and] different advantages to our staff,” he mentioned.
In its reply to the Labor Division go well with, Barbaro denied that any supervisor bought cash from its tip pool, the Categorical-Information reviews. What’s extra, the restaurant mentioned its failure to pay a complete of $270 in time beyond regulation was on account of unintentional calculating error.
Empty Abdomen Group’s different San Antonio restaurant and nightlife holdings embody Little Loss of life Wine Bar, Double Normal, Further Effective and Vibras.
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