A former bartender at the Southern Tier taproom in Pittsburgh is suing the craft brewery’s parent company, Artisanal Brewing Ventures, claiming tipped employees were shorted on pay. 

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A former server has filed a lawsuit against Artisanal Brewing Ventures (ABV) alleging the craft brewery platform violated federal and state labor laws by undercompensating tipped employees and requiring them to do untipped and unpaid tasks, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina and first reported by Law 360.

The class and collective action complaint was filed on behalf of Laura Elizabeth Bell, a former bartender at Southern Tier Brewing Company’s taproom in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 

The lawsuit alleges that ABV (aka Craft Revolution LLC) paid tipped employees less than the mandated minimum wage by requiring front of house staff to perform numerous tasks with no possibility of generating tips. 

Brewbound Insiders can read additional details.

Two Roads Brewing Company has elevated two executives on its sales and marketing teams: Collin Kennedy to VP of marketing and Brian Duprey to VP of national accounts. 

In other people moves, Finestkind Brewing, the parent company of Hampton, New Hampshire-based Smuttynose Brewing, has named Felice Tecce its VP of sales operations.

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