Canlis has settled a lawsuit levied towards the restaurant in 2023 for wage theft. The case developed from an preliminary submitting by a pair of servers into a category motion swimsuit representing over 300 present and former workers. They are going to be paid $1.45 million collectively, the Seattle Instances experiences.
The swimsuit included allegations that Canlis didn’t pay employees for coaching on their first days (known as stagiaire work), that it didn’t present breaks, and that it retained a 2 % price charged to clients whereas writing on menus that the costs have been distributed amongst employees.
In an announcement to the Instances, co-owner Brian Canlis continued to say the restaurant “disagreed” with the accusations, however that settling was “one of the best ways to get again to taking good care of our group and our friends.”
Eater has reached out to Canlis and authorized representatives for the plaintiffs.
