If you are or were a non-managerial Banquet department server or busser who was employed at the San Francisco Union Square Hilton during the time period from January 6, 2010, through March 24, 2026 and you received a portion of the food and beverage service charge for banquet events, you may be eligible for a settlement payment from a proposed class action settlement.
There is a proposed class action settlement in Khanal v. San Francisco Hilton, Inc., Case No. 4:14-cv-01523-JSW (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California). Plaintiff Baikuntha Khanal (“Plaintiff”) on behalf of himself and members of the certified class in the Action and Defendant Hilton Management LLC (“Defendant” or “Hilton”), have entered into a settlement agreement to effect a full and final settlement and preclusive judgment resolving all claims brought against Hilton in the Action. You do not need to take any action to receive payment under this settlement.
This case was filed in 2014 as a class action on behalf of non-managerial banquet service employees who worked at the San Francisco Union Square Hilton hotel, contending that Hilton should have paid such banquet service employees the full amount of the banquet food and beverage service charges added to banquet bills. Plaintiff contended that reasonable banquet customers would have understood these service charges to be gratuities that must be paid to service employees under California law. Hilton strongly denies violating any laws or failing to pay any wages and contends it complied with all applicable laws. The Court has made no determination whether Hilton or Plaintiff are correct on the merits.
This website is provided as a service to eligible class members. The information provided is in summary form and is not intended as a complete explanation of your rights. For full and complete information, you are directed to review carefully the Notice of Class Action Settlement.