Illinois Federal Judge Conditionally Certifies Restaurant Workers’ Action

(June 15, 2017, 11:57 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois federal judge on June 7 conditionally certified a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action brought by Buffalo Wild Wings (BWW) restaurant workers, saying the plaintiffs make a modest showing that the defendants’ BWW franchises had a common policy or practice of requiring bartenders and servers to perform non-tipped maintenance or janitorial duties that are not related to their occupations (Lindsay Grosscup, et al. v. KPW Management Inc., et al., No. 16-cv-06501, N.D. Ill., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 87014)....