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    Court upholds lawsuit against Bay area Hooters

    OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A state appeals court has upheld a class-action lawsuit filed by servers at several San Francisco Bay area Hooters restaurants.

    The 1st District Court of Appeal this week denied a request by the restaurants' owners that the case be settled through arbitration.

    The court ruled that the owners' employment agreement allowed them to seek arbitration. But it agreed with a lower court that they waited too long to demand arbitration.

    The lawsuit claims the Hooters' servers were cheated out of tip money, forced to buy their own uniforms and not given proper lunch breaks, among other violations.

    It covers employees who worked at Hooters restaurants in Fremont, Campbell and Dublin and the now-closed Hooters in San Francisco.

    A call to the owners' attorney, Matthew Ruggles, on Saturday was not immediately returned.

     

    29 comments

    • LG  •  Surfside, California  •  3 mths ago
      I'm going to make a male version of Hooters called Bulges. ;-)
      • Matt Damon 3 mths ago
        I'm gonna make a restaurant and call it HOTPUSSIES , with KittensCats all over the place , it may not be the biggest but the most beautifull
      • Donald 3 mths ago
        What are you going to call it on cold days?
      • LG 3 mths ago
        LOL Hooters ?? LOL
    • CJ  •  3 mths ago
      Pics or it never happened.
      • Matt Damon 3 mths ago
        I told my mama to apply atHooters , she's like 70 , and sue if they don't hire her , I told her to after she refused to apply at the exotic dance club studio as a dancer with a walker , well at least she can make MTV videos with a walker like mickjagger , hey and she does kinda look like mickjagger younger she looked like gilbertgottfried especially when she was yellin , she usually stops yellin when I remind her of such especially in public , then she just oscar grouch mumbles like to marleematlin , life is like a box of chocolates , I gotta go p now
    • robertk  •  3 mths ago
      I demand that some of these litigants show their pictures......(hey only above the waist is neccessary)... How do we know they are workers for Hooters.. ??
      Justice demans pictures..!!
      Oh and Hooters has the best wings I have ever tasted!!!...
      Yes that is correct.. I only go to HOOTERS for their delicious wings....!!!!
      (thats my story and Im sticking with it!!!)
      • Matt Damon 3 mths ago
        in camera inspection in judge's quarters
    • Gary  •  Pensacola, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      That plastic surgery gets expensive.
      • Matt Damon 3 mths ago
        you talkin about Sarah heath or johnboehner don't you dare make him cry now
    • Jennie  •  Dallas, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      Hooters gets sued pretty often for treatment of servers. I recall the free Toyota campaign that one store ran for the server who sold the most of special for a specific month and then gave her a stuffed "Toy Yoda". He lost that one and had to give her a real car. If you saw the Undercover Boss episode, one manager was making degrading comments as he made servers eat beans off a plate with no hands in order to see who could go home. The CEO never broke cover to put an end to it. You cannot stop women from working there although I would drag my daughter out of there by her hair but that does not mean that I have to give them my money. Women deserve better than Hooters.
      • John F 3 mths ago
        Women deserve better than Hooters.
        And Men deserve better hooters!!!
      • Matt Damon 3 mths ago
        highbeams
      • dragon 3 mths ago
        That Undercover Boss episode you mention? He didn't break cover because when that one came out NO ONE was breaking cover... it wasn't until later episodes that a few select boss' did that. But you better believe that that particular manager no longer worked there afterward....reprogramming him to respect employees didn't appeal to him... so before you get sanctimonious? Bring ALL the facts to the table not just the ones you like. There is nothing wrong with going to Hooters and eating there... as for the female employees? As long as they have respect on all 3 sides- themselves, co-workers and customers....not an issue. And I guess since I value myself, I have NO problem with my husband going to Hooters either.
    • timothy  •  Bangkok, Thailand  •  3 mths ago
      Nude srvers would solve the problem.
    • phatdaddy  •  3 mths ago
      never any cool pics ,,never!!!!!!!!!!
    • mike w  •  Louisville, Kentucky  •  3 mths ago
      I was a manager there for around 5 years. They have to pay like 4 dollars for the shirts if they want extras. They are given uniforms at hire and new ones twice a year. Any extras they get charged for. They are responsible for the socks and etc but you know I have to pay the clothes I wear to work so why are they crying? Oh yeah 90% of these girls think they are the only people who matter on the planet. Most of them are #$%$ trust me.
    • Secret Squirrel  •  Norfolk, Virginia  •  3 mths ago
      I'm surprised there haven't been descrimination lawsuits, maybe there has. They do not hire male servers, older female servers, overweight servers, not so pretty servers... that is descrimination.
    • Jim  •  3 mths ago
      Bill Clinton said this is an outrage, How dare you mess with my posse !!! I needs My Wings, Titties, and Beer. He said hes personally going to take it to the tops with a hands on approach. Now Wheres my Cigar ? ,,,,,,MONICA !!!!!!!!!
    • Donald  •  3 mths ago
      I hope they don't go #$%$ up.
    • Sporky McCrackin  •  3 mths ago
      We have become a nation of whiners. Poor America. We are doomed.
    • Anthony  •  San Francisco, California  •  3 mths ago
      ther If you got it flaunt it. Don't be haters The NBA doesn't hire old, fat ,short people either. Remember life isn't fair you deal with the hand you were dealt.
    • Jon  •  3 mths ago
      This seems the be a story that would be well served with photos, many photos.
    • aztecace  •  Boca Raton, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      Labor board says you can't force someone to buy something to wear as a uniform that they can't wear as normal clothing attire outside of work, so you can make someone wear like dark pants and white dress shirt to work in because that can be worn anywhere, but forcing them to buy a shirt branded with the company name is not legal, because it is not considered everyday attire. They can make them buy shorts of a certain color and tops of a certain color, but if they want them to but HOOTERS shirts, that they can't do.
    • Dewy Cheatem and Howe  •  3 mths ago
      Awwww poor babies had to buy their own tank tops with skimpy shorts, um...I mean uniforms.
    • hussein  •  Walnut Creek, California  •  3 mths ago
      every time i eat at hooters i order a large milk to go with my boner ... 8===D + ( Y )
    • z j  •  Reno, Nevada  •  3 mths ago
      i wonder if they had to buy their own bra
    • ARTISE57  •  Cleveland, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      From what I see of hooters uniforms, they could've paid for them with their tips! Such small argument!
    • Matt Damon  •  3 mths ago
      I told my mama to apply atHooters , she's like 70 , and sue if they don't hire her , I told her to after she refused to apply at the exotic dance club studio as a dancer with a walker , well at least she can make MTV videos with a walker like mickjagger , hey and she does kinda look like mickjagger younger she looked like gilbertgottfried especially when she was yellin , she usually stops yellin when I remind her of such especially in public , then she just oscar grouch mumbles like to marleematlin , life is like a box of chocolates , I gotta go p now
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