Cases / News

A former Monroe County Domestic Abuse Shelter victim’s advocate claims the social services nonprofit failed to legally pay her overtime wages in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday. Cynthia Hardin names former Domestic Abuse Shelter CEO Venita Garvin and the shelter as defendants in the five-page... Read More

Three former Conch Republic Seafood Co. employees who claim their supervisors kept tips and failed to pay them minimum and overtime wages have reached a proposed settlement with the bar owners, as have Fat Tuesday workers who sued the same owners in a similar lawsuit,... Read More

Former employees of the now-closed Out of the Blue restaurant on White Street won a federal court case Tuesday seeking back pay and unpaid wages. How much money the shuttered restaurant and its owner, Mary Pfund, will have to pay remains to be seen, as... Read More