Jeff Ruby Culinary Entertainment is settling a 2024 class-action lawsuit from former employees who say they were not paid tips they earned.
The restaurant group will pay $1.55 million toward a settlement fund available to more than 700 servers, bartenders and server assistants, according to court filings.
The class action suit included claims from more than 127 employees, led by Jonathan Lamb, a former Jeff Ruby’s server in Lexington, Kentucky, and Jim Belmont, a former server at Carlo and Johnny in Montgomery…