Trump Soho Hotel Faces Lawsuit for Allegedly Withholding Tips From Catering Staff
Billionaire real estate tycoon and presidential hopeful Donald Trump's dirty laundry continues to unfold in the midst of his 2016 campaign. Most recently to come to light was a lawsuit filed against Trump's SoHo New York City that alleges the luxury hotel withheld tips from workers, according to DNAinfo.
Deborah Garcia, who worked with 40 others on a catering team within Trump's hotel in 2013, filed a lawsuit at Suffolk County Supreme Court on Feb. 13, 2015 claiming the hotel charged parties using the catering service a 22% service fee — a price which never amounted to tips for those workers, DNAInfo reported Monday.
The 22% service charge, which Garcia claims the Trump SoHo hotel has been charging customers who use catering services since 2009, "retained the money for their own benefit" according to the lawsuit, DNAInfo reported.
Sound familiar? The Trump SoHo hotel restaurant faced a similar lawsuit back in 2012, brought on by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office. Instead of catering, however, the service charge in question was a 20% fee for all private-dining and banquet events. The office finally reached a deal with Trump's organization, however, in which the restaurant paid it's staff a total of $500,000.
In fact, this isn't event the only Trump hotel facing employee-relation challenges, not to mention Trump University, as well as several of the billionaire's other major failure recently being highlighted by opposing politicians and the media.
Trump has yet to publicly address the issue.
