Editing Applebee's (section)

== Controversies ==
=== Side-work compensation ===
Since 2006, Applebee's and its servers have been engaged in a lawsuit over hourly wages. The servers, who received a federal minimum wage of $2.13 per hour as tipped employees, allege that the company requires them to spend 20% of their time doing non-serving labor, for which they should be paid the federal non-tipped minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. The case has gone through several stages, including a judicially mandated binding arbitration session.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2007/10/08/daily42.html |title=Judge orders mediation in Applebee's lawsuit |date=October 12, 2007|work=Kansas City Business Journal |access-date=April 10, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://nrn.com/article/applebee%E2%80%99s-wages-fight-over-nontipped-duties |title=Applebee's wages fight over nontipped duties |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829223336/http://nrn.com/corporate/applebee-s-wages-fight-over-nontipped-duties |archive-date=August 29, 2014 |last=Prewitt |first=Milford |date=October 21, 2007 |work=[[Nation's Restaurant News]] |url-status=dead |access-date=November 25, 2019}}</ref>

In September 2012, a judge in Illinois ruled in favor of the Applebee's employees and will evaluate damages at a later date.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/employment-labor/2390-applebees-workers-win-compensation-in-wage-class-action-lawsuit/|last1=O'Donnell |first1=Matt |last2=Mirando|first2=Sarah |date=September 4, 2012|title=Applebee's Workers Win Compensation In Wage Class Action Lawsuit|work=Top Class Actions|access-date=June 21, 2019}}</ref>