Soi restaurant, which served Thai cuisine on 10th Ave & E Union St. in Capitol Hill from 2015 to 2021 (until it closed for reasons having nothing to do with a “maintenance issue” as was falsely posted on their door) recently settled a legal case with the Seattle Office of Labor Standards (OLS), with Soi being ordered to return nearly $30K to 106 workers and the City of Seattle for withholding their earned tips (with an owner dipping into the tip pool to the tune of $1200), violating minimum wage & overtime laws, failing to offer Paid Sick & Safe Time (PSST), denying 30-minute meal breaks for shifts longer than 5 hours, and failure to maintain full financial records as legally required. They also gave preferential scheduling to workers who put in extra unpaid work hours, and have denied overtime pay to employees who work both at Soi plus their other restaurants (which include Banyan Tree in Kent and Soi in Kirkland's Urban Plaza) for a cumulative 40+ hours/week, in violation of WA L&I laws. They deserve neither your labor nor your business.
If you’re a current or former worker at any of these restaurants, please email [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) to share your experiences.
The Stranger's worker conquests page:
https://www.thestranger.com/labor/2022/12/09/78760492/this-week-in-worker-conquests
Office of Labor Standards resolved investigations:
https://www.seattle.gov/laborstandards/investigations/resolved-investigations/july-september-2022