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Case Details for "AMF Bowling Centers Inc."
AMF Bowling Centers Inc. Settles Employment Claims
AMF Bowling Centers Inc. settled a class action lawsuit alleging that it unlawfully retained gratuities that were meant for service employees. The plaintiffs claim that AMF misappropriated mandatory gratuities and other tips paid by customers. The workers claim that AMF leads customers to believe that the gratuities go to the workers that provide food and drinks to the customers; however, the plaintiffs claim that AMF uses a portion of the gratuities to supplement the compensation of non-service employees.
The settlement class consists of all persons who are or were employed by AMF Bowling Centers Inc. and have worked at least 10 months as lane captains, lane servers, lane attendants, lounge attendants, food and beverage attendants, runners and/or bartenders at traditional AMF Bowling Centers locations at any time between Jan. 27, 2003, and June 12, 2009, and all persons who have worked at least one month in any of the aforementioned positions at AMF's 300 Centers in the Chelsea Piers section of New York or in Melville, N.Y., operated by the defendants during the same class period.
Under the terms of the proposed agreement, AMF will establish a settlement fund of $670,000. Class members will receive cash payments from the fund based on the number of weeks they were employed by AMF and at which location they worked.
Posted on:2009-10-02
Company: AMF Bowling Centers Inc.
Class: See above
Scope: New York
Type of Case: Employment
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