{"id":2232258,"date":"2026-01-12T22:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2232258"},"modified":"2026-01-12T22:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:21:17","slug":"jeff-ruby-culinary-entertainment-to-pay-1-5m-to-settle-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jeff-ruby-culinary-entertainment-to-pay-1-5m-to-settle-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Ruby Culinary Entertainment to pay $1.5M to settle lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CINCINNATI (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/cincinnati\/news\/2026\/01\/12\/jeff-ruby-culinary-class-action-lawsuit.html?utm_source=sy&amp;utm_medium=ptr&amp;utm_campaign=local12\" target=\"_blank\">Cincinnati Business Courier<\/a>) &#8211; Jeff Ruby Culinary Entertainment has agreed to pay more than $1.5 million to settle a federal class action labor lawsuit brought on by two former employees.<\/p>\n<p>The litigation surrounds alleged underpayment of tipped employees, which the Cincinnati-based restaurant group has denied.<\/p>\n<p>According to the class action settlement agreement made public late last month, the company did not admit any wrongdoing, and has agreed to settle \u201csolely for the purpose of avoiding further expense, inconvenience and distraction of burdensome and protracted litigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/cincinnati\/news\/2026\/01\/12\/jeff-ruby-culinary-class-action-lawsuit.html?utm_source=sy&amp;utm_medium=ptr&amp;utm_campaign=local12\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full story <\/a>from the <em>Cincinnati Business Courier.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"CommentCallToAction_callToActionContainer__5zDeB \" data-testid=\"comments-call-to-action\" id=\"js-CommentCallToAction-Container\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" height=\"23px\" id=\"Layer_1\" version=\"1.1\" viewbox=\"0 0 42 35.9\" width=\"26px\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><title>Comment with Bubbles<\/title><g id=\"Page-1\"><g id=\"L-_x7C_-Story-Detail---Commenting\" transform=\"translate(-214.000000, -907.000000)\"><g id=\"Group\" transform=\"translate(215.000000, 908.000000)\"><path clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.3,28.7c-2.1,0-3.8-0.5-5.2-1.6C0.7,26,0,24.6,0,23V6.2c0-1.6,0.7-3,2.1-4.1     C3.5,1,5.3,0.4,7.3,0.4h25.4c2.1,0,3.8,0.6,5.2,1.7C39.3,3.2,40,4.6,40,6.2V23c0,1.6-0.7,3-2.1,4.1c-1.4,1.1-3.1,1.6-5.2,1.6     h-0.4v5.1c-5.1-2.9-7.8-4.5-8.3-4.7c-0.4-0.3-1.1-0.4-2-0.4H7.3z\" fill=\"#FFFFFF\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" id=\"sbg-comment\" stroke=\"#121212\"\/><\/g><\/g><\/g><g><path d=\"M15,17.7c0-0.7,0.5-1.2,1.1-1.2c0.7,0,1.1,0.5,1.1,1.2c0,0.7-0.4,1.2-1.1,1.2C15.5,18.9,15,18.3,15,17.7z\"\/><path d=\"M20.4,17.7c0-0.7,0.5-1.2,1.1-1.2c0.7,0,1.1,0.5,1.1,1.2c0,0.7-0.4,1.2-1.1,1.2C20.9,18.9,20.4,18.3,20.4,17.7z\"\/><path d=\"M25.8,17.7c0-0.7,0.5-1.2,1.1-1.2c0.7,0,1.1,0.5,1.1,1.2c0,0.7-0.4,1.2-1.1,1.2C26.2,18.9,25.8,18.3,25.8,17.7z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Cincinnati Business Courier is a Local 12 News partner<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source local12.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CINCINNATI (Cincinnati Business Courier) &#8211; Jeff Ruby Culinary Entertainment has agreed to pay more than $1.5 million to settle a federal class action labor lawsuit brought on by two former employees. 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