According to a new federal lawsuit filed on Monday, October 26, Islandia casino Jake’s 58 has been accused of stealing tips from their workers, and firing workers after they raised complaints about the practice.
The lawsuit has been filed by former employee Kevin Guttinger, who claims that the casino stole the tips from their intended workers and passed them along to managers and supervisors -who are federally ineligible for tips – and fired anyone who dared to complain about it.
Guttinger, who purportedly worked at Jake’s 58 almost two years ago, said that he worked as a cashier for $18 per hour, plus tips in March 2022; however, despite tips being paid into an overall weekly pot that at times totaled over $50,000, workers never saw a dime, court documents claim…