Mass Arbitration

Uchi Servers & Bartenders

If you worked as a server, bartender, sushi server, or other tipped employee at an Uchi restaurant, operated by Hai Hospitality, you may have been underpaid in violation of federal wage laws. Tipped workers are pursuing individual arbitration claims, as part of a mass arbitration, alleging that Uchi failed to provide proper tip credit notice, required servers to complete pre-shift side work, charged sushi servers a higher tip-out while they took on extra work, and made workers pay for required certifications and training without full reimbursement.

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Did you work as a server, bartender, sushi server, or other tipped employee at Uchi?(Required)

Did you work at Uchi within the last 3 years? (Florida workers: within the last 5 years)(Required)

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Did you also work at any other Hai Hospitality restaurant (Uchiko, Uchibā, Oheya, or Loro)?(Required)

Did you receive a tip credit notice?(Required)

Were you required to arrive before service to do side work or set-up?(Required)

Did you pay out of pocket for required certifications or training (food handler, alcohol seller/server, etc.) that were not fully reimbursed?(Required)

Were you ever charged a higher tip-out (for example, as a sushi server) while taking on extra work, such as taking orders for the sushi bar?(Required)

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Who may qualify

Restaurant server carrying plated meals to a table

Servers, Bartenders & Sushi Servers

Anyone who worked as a server, bartender, sushi server, or other tipped position at any Uchi location within the last three years (up to five years for Florida workers).

No Proper Tip Credit Notice

If you never received a proper tip credit notice, or received it only once when you were hired and never again as the minimum wage went up, the tip credit may be invalid and you may be owed the full minimum wage.

Pre-Shift Side Work

Servers required to arrive before service to set up the restaurant, then clock out and back in at the reduced tipped wage for the rest of the shift.

Unfair Tip-Outs

Sushi servers charged a higher tip-out percentage even when they had to take orders for the sushi bar on top of their own tables.

Unreimbursed Certifications

Workers who paid out of pocket for required food handler or alcohol seller/server certifications and training that were not fully reimbursed, which can push pay below minimum wage.

Locations potentially affected

This case covers tipped workers at Uchi restaurants nationwide, with additional claims for workers in Florida. Locations include:

Arizona Scottsdale
California West Hollywood
Colorado Denver
Florida Miami (Wynwood)
North Carolina Charlotte
Pennsylvania Philadelphia
Texas Austin · Dallas · Houston
Washington, DC Washington, DC

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What is a mass arbitration?

This case is a mass arbitration, not a class action or collective action. When workers’ employment agreements require wage disputes to be resolved through arbitration instead of in court, each worker brings their own individual claim under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In a mass arbitration, many of these individual claims are filed at the same time.

You must sign up to participate. You are not automatically included. You only have a claim if you sign up and authorize our team to file an arbitration claim on your behalf. If you do nothing, no claim is filed for you.
Your claim is your own. Your claim is filed in your name and decided by a neutral arbitrator based on your own work history, rather than being grouped into a single lawsuit in court.

Completing the form on this page is the first step, and our team will send you the documents to file your claim if you qualify.

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A tip credit notice is an explanation your employer is required to give you if they plan to pay you less than the full minimum wage by counting your tips toward that wage. Before using the tip credit, your employer must tell you the cash wage they will pay per hour, the amount of tip credit they will claim, that the tip credit does not apply unless you keep all your tips apart from a valid tip pool, and that it cannot be taken unless they have informed you of these rights.

Anyone who worked as a server, bartender, sushi server, or other tipped position at an Uchi location in the last three years (up to five years for Florida workers), did not receive proper tip credit notice, did pre-shift side work, or paid for required certifications.

Complete the confidential form on this page with your work history and contact details. Our legal team will review your information to determine eligibility, and if you qualify we will contact you with next steps and send the documents to file your individual arbitration claim.

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