T.I.'s restaurant employees in
his hometown of Atlanta have sued him. The restaurant is called Scales 925, and it's
billed as having "Upscale Southern Cuisine in the Heart of Atlanta." Tip
now finds himself as the target of a new lawsuit because of Scales 925,
as 12 of the restaurant's employees are claiming that they have been
unlawfully compensated.
The suit was filed against T.I., his business
partner Charles Hughes, and the restaurant's management group. In
seeking their due back pay, the employees cite the Fair Labor Standards
Act.
Atlanta's WSB-TV 2 has
been able to obtain passages from the lawsuit that find the Scales 925
employees alleging that they were not paid for overtime hours due to an
improper software system that only keeps track of a maximum of 40 hours
per week. Furthermore, the employees in question claim that they were
forced into working off the clock for three hours before they were
permitted to the leave restaurant.
"Hughes has made fraudulent
statements to restaurant employees concerning the hours the employees
worked at SCALES 925," the suit claims. "Hughes used a time and billing
software call ALOHA for keeping track of employee hours. The software
would delete hours or not keep track of hours exceeding 40 hours per
week. Employees complained to Hughes but were told it was nothing he
could do. Hughes also implemented the time and billing software in such a
way that it caused employees to claim $35 in tips when the employees
did not, in fact, make $35 in tips. Employees were also coerced to work
off the clock for three hours before they were allowed to go home.”
The
lawsuit also alleges that some of the worker's paychecks bounced
because Hughes had transferred money from an account that was reserved
for payroll into his own personal account. Other accusations raised
against T.I. and Hughes include forcing employees to claim tip amounts
that were higher than what they actually earned and taking money from
employees' paychecks with the pretense of spreading it among the
busboys, only to keep the money for themselves.
Rapper T.I. Sued By 12 Of His Restaurant Employees
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