Judge rules in favor of backpay for Signature Room employees months after abrupt closure

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Former Signature Room workers owed $1.5 million after abrupt closure, federal judge rules

A federal judge found that the owners of the Signature Room, which closed abruptly in September, owe former employees more than $1.5 million in back pay and benefits after workers filed a lawsuit in October alleging they weren’t given proper notice of the restaurant’s closure. The workers of the former Signature Room at the 95th and the Signature Lounge at the 96th gathered outside the building formerly known as the John Hancock Center Thursday …