Starbucks Sued In New York Over Baristas' Tips

Starbucks Sued In New York Over Baristas' Tips

A former barista sued Starbucks on Thursday, accusing the company of cheating thousands of baristas in New York State by giving a share of their tips to shift supervisors.

In papers filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan, lawyers for the barista, Jeana Barenboim, asserted that Starbucks had violated a state law that bars employers or agents of an employer from receiving part of workers' tips.

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This was not the first time Starbucks has been sued by its baristas over a share of the tips. Starbucks was ordered by a judge in California last month to pay more than $100M in back tips, an order which CEO Howard Schultz has said the company would be appealing.

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