lists cooks as execs to dodge OT
Visitors to a shopping strip mall in north Sparks walk Wednesday, (Feb. 25, 2015, in front of a Bully Sports Bar Grill _ one of seven that make up the largest chain of sports bars in northern Nevada. labor laws by misclassifying cooks and kitchen managers as executives to avoid paying them overtime. Lawyers for both sides filed a motion Wednesday asking for a case management hearing to be postponed until April 17. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)The logo is Asics Outlet Store pictured Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, on a Bully's Sports Bar Grill iin east Sparks _ one of seven that make up the largest chain of sports bars Asics Outlet Store in northern Nevada. labor laws by misclassifying cooks and kitchen managers as executives to avoid paying them overtime. Lawyers for both sides filed a motion on Wednesday asking for a case management hearing to be postponed until April 27. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)Share PhotoThis Bully Sports Bar Grill pictured in northeast Sparks on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, is one of seven that make up the largest chain of sports bars in northern Nevada. labor laws by misclassifying cooks and kitchen managers as executives to avoid paying them overtime. Lawyers for both sides filed a joint motion Wednesday asking a judge to postpone a case management hearing until April 27. Asics Shoes Outlet 24, 2015, is one of seven that make up the largest chain of sports bars in northern Nevada. labor laws by misclassifying cooks and kitchen managers as executives to avoid paying them overtime. Lawyers for both sides filed a joint motion Wednesday asking a judge to postpone a case management hearing until April 27. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)Share PhotoRENO, Nev. (AP) The largest and oldest sports bar chain in northern Nevada is being accused of violating federal labor laws by intentionally misclassifying cooks and kitchen managers as executives to avoid paying them overtime. District Court in Reno.Bully's deliberately underpaid Ernesto Amador and others "in order to save on its labor costs and increase profits" at the seven casino taverns it owns and operates in Reno, Sparks and Carson City, the lawsuit said.The practice has been "knowing, intentional, widespread, repeated and willful," according to the Asics Outlet Store lawsuit. The lawsuit also says Bully's knew "the illegal conduct violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and/or showed reckless disregard for whether its actions complied" with the law.Amador was paid $43,000 annually before he resigned his kitchen manager job at a south Reno Bully's in September, the lawsuit said.