"A Back Bay restaurant, which recently celebrated a Michelin nod, is facing a class action lawsuit from one of its bartenders and two servers who claim the restaurant shorts the tip pool and pays tips out to ineligible employees, including managers and dishwashers. La Padrona, an Italian restaurant which opened last year with chef and Jody Adams at the helm, earned a recommendation from Michelin for its inaugural year in Boston and has previously been recognized by The New York Times."
"On the heels of the Michelin recommendation, however, Kelsey MacKinnon, Clara Herman, and Nadia Agourram filed the lawsuit against the restaurant's leadership as part of 40 Trinity Place Restaurant Group LLC. Adams, identified as co-owner Josephine Adams in the lawsuit, co-owner and manager Jonathan Mendez, and CEO Eric Papachristos, identified as Iraklis, are named as defendants. The lawsuit alleges that the restaurant withheld at least $51,000 in unpaid wages, according to the civil action suit filed in Suffolk Superior Court."
La Padrona is a Back Bay Italian restaurant that opened last year with chef Jody Adams involved and earned a Michelin recommendation and prior New York Times recognition. Three staff members — a bartender and two servers — filed a class-action lawsuit naming co-owner Josephine Adams, co-owner/manager Jonathan Mendez, and CEO Eric Papachristos as defendants under 40 Trinity Place Restaurant Group LLC. The suit alleges at least $51,000 in withheld tip wages and claims tip pool distributions benefited ineligible employees such as managers and bussers. Leadership stated the company received the lawsuit recently, is reviewing the details, and emphasized a commitment to staff and fair workplace practices. The Massachusetts Tips Act requires that individual and pooled tips be paid to service staff who do not have managerial responsibilities.
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