The French Laundry, the three-Michelin-starred restaurant helmed by renown chef Thomas Keller, has been sued by a former employee who alleges wage theft and other labor law violations at the Yountville, Calif., eatery.
The suit, brought by Elena Flores Beteta, a dishwasher at the restaurant for three years beginning in 2022, alleges that the French Laundry Restaurant Corporation and the Thomas Keller Restaurant Group violated labor laws by failing to pay minimum wage or overtime hours, as well as neglecting to provide mandated rest breaks or access to proper resting facilities or break rooms.
“Plaintiff was required to work off the clock, work through meal and rest periods without compensation, received pay stubs that failed to accurately reflect her hours and premium wages, and was not paid final wages upon separation,” the complaint said.
Beteta’s suit, brought by a private attorney and filed last week in Napa County Superior Court, seeks more than $35,000 in damages, civil penalties and attorney fees.
The Thomas Keller Restaurant Group said in an emailed statement that it wasn’t aware of the lawsuit until the Press Democrat reported on it. A spokesperson for the restaurant said that the allegations in the suit are the first such claims to be made in the restaurant’s 48-year...
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