Kirkwood Bar & Grill Hit With Wage Lawsuit
Former cook alleges restaurant failed to pay him overtime.
A former cook of the Kirkwood Bar & Grill has filed a federal lawsuit against the restaurant, claiming it failed to pay him overtime money he is owed. Quentin Gibson, a Clayton County resident who worked at the restaurant from October 2012 to Dec. 21, 2012, is seeking the overtime pay, plus damages equal to that amount and attorneys' fees. Gibson filed the lawsuit Jan. 30 in the U.S. District Court's Northern District of Georgia in Atlanta. "From on or about October 2012 through December 21, 2012, Defendants willfully failed to compensate Plaintiff at an hourly rate above or equal to the minimum wage as established in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act," the complaint alleges. "He would work 70-hour weeks and get paid a straight…
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Péralte Paul
2:34 pm on Wednesday, February 6, 2013
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