Mount Airy Casino Resort in Monroe County settled a class-action lawsuit for $2.3 million with table games dealers who claimed they were denied tips, pay and overtime, according to court documents.
Filed in February 2025 in U.S. District Court in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, the lawsuit claimed the casino in Paradise Twp. pooled employee tips and shared them with supervisors, rounded work hours on time clocks and miscalculated overtime, in violation of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act and the state Wage Payment and Collection Law.
On Feb. 24, U.S. District Judge Joseph Saporito approved a settlement that has an average payout of $2,100 per affected employee. The settlement also dismisses the lawsuit with prejudice, meaning the case is closed with the class of co-plaintiffs accepting the pact and agreeing they cannot pursue the same allegations again. The settlement also does not contain any admission of wrongdoing by the resort.
The lawsuit began with lead plaintiffs Jennifer Mak of Cresco and William Neidig of Whitehall, who were former casino employees, and who filed the lawsuit individually and on behalf of nearly 700 other employees similarly situated, according to the complaint. They named as defendant Mount Airy #1 LLC, doing business as Mount Airy Casino Resort, and claimed the casino failed to pay over $5 million in wages and overtime during an applicable “look-back” period of three years.