If you tipped your budtenders with a little extra dough during your last trip to a Nirvana dispensary, they may not have actually gotten it, according to a recently filed federal class-action lawsuit.
On Jan. 22, three budtenders who worked for Nirvana in three states — Arizona, Michigan and Illinois — sued the Arizona-based cannabis company for its alleged failure to pay employees fair wages and for often pocketing their tips. The three budtenders, who hope to represent all Nirvana budtenders with their lawsuit, are seeking back pay and other monetary damages for the company’s alleged violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Nirvana Cannabis’s corporate office is located in Tempe, and the company has seven locations in Arizona, including in Phoenix, Tucson and Prescott Valley. The company also has locations in Michigan, Illinois, Maryland and Ohio. According to the suit, Nirvana has roughly 140 budtender employees in Arizona…