Lisa Vanderpump hit with class-action lawsuit for allegedly not paying SUR employees

Life remains to be not all rosé and diamonds at SUR.

Lisa Vanderpump and her husband, Ken Todd, had been hit with a class-action lawsuit Friday for allegedly failing to pay additional time wages to her employees at SUR, their restaurant made well-known by “Vanderpump Guidelines.”

Within the submitting obtained by Web page Six on Tuesday, former hostess Olivia Hanson claimed that she and different employees had been pressured to work over eight hours per day, 40 hours per week and even seven consecutive workdays with out receiving sufficient compensation.

The go well with additionally alleged restaurant homeowners did not correctly observe workers’s hours, manipulated data and did not grant employees breaks for meals or to relaxation.

Vanderpump’s enterprise companions, Guillermo and Nathalie Zapata, are additionally named within the go well with. They’ve each made appearances on the Bravo present.

Vanderpump, 59, and Todd had been additionally sued in January 2020 for failing to pay minimal and additional time wages, failing to supply meal breaks — or compensation in lieu of breaks — at their numerous eating places together with Tom Tom, SUR, Pump and Villa Blanca. Whereas Villa Blanca has since shut its doorways, the case remains to be ongoing.

Vanderpump Canine Basis was additionally sued by a former worker in January “due to the insupportable working situations created by her supervisor, Martin Duarte, and his superiors.”

That case can be ongoing.

Reached for remark by Web page Six, SUR’s attorneys offered the next assertion:

“SUR denies the allegations within the lawsuit introduced by our former worker, Olivia Hanson. The corporate takes worker compensation very critically and has in depth insurance policies and procedures in place to conform with the wage legal guidelines. We care deeply for our employees and are dedicated to offering them with truthful and aggressive compensation that’s absolutely compliant with the legislation.

“Throughout this tough and difficult time, we’ll proceed to attempt to responsibly and safely reopen our restaurant with the intention to return our valued employees again to work.”