Disney sued again over tipped worker wages
Another former server at Walt Disney World has sued the resort over the tipped minimum wage.
Alexandra Dumitrescu alleges that as a server at Cape May Cafe and The Wave … of American Flavors, she had to perform too much non-tipped work while earning a reduced tip credit.
Tipped employees earn a smaller minimum wage than other workers. Florida has a minimum wage of $8.05 per hour. Businesses only have to pay tipped workers $5.03, however.
When employees spend more than 20 percent of the work week on jobs that don’t bring in tips, they must receive the untipped minimum wage for those tasks.
Dumitrescu is represented by Robert Parsons, an attorney with Cohen Grossman. Another lawyer at that firm represents Jasmin Sandoval, a former Disney worker who sued the resort this year over the same issue. That case is pending.
Disney did not have a comment. It has denied Sandoval’s allegations in the older case.