Bikini baristas win $1.8 million wage theft lawsuit against espresso stand owner
Judge Cindi Port found widespread wage and hour violations, including minimum wage and tip theft, and awarded more than $1.85 million to 70 workers.
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Group of bikini baristas win nearly $2M in legal battle - The Daily Chronicle
A group of 70 former bikini baristas in the Puget Sound region won a yearslong legal battle against their coffee stands’ owner over pay violations. A King County Superior Court judge late last month ordered the baristas’ boss to pay more than $1.8 million in back-pay, penalties and interest. A former employee filed the class action lawsuit in 2024 against Alan Tagle, who operated five bikini barista coffee stands in the Puget Sound area, most un…
Bikini baristas win more than $1.8 M in wage-theft case
SEATTLE — For years, the women working inside Alan Tagle’s bikini barista coffee stands were largely on their own. They often worked alone, there were no traditional paychecks or paystubs, their hours weren’t reliably tracked, and when they failed to meet sales targets imposed by their employer, they could lose wages, shifts — or their […]
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