Overview
- An Argentine first‑instance labor judge ruled entirely for a former waiter, setting indemnities above 200 million pesos.
- The court ordered a preventive embargo of about 160 million pesos that froze Piegari’s bank accounts, including, according to La Nación, the owner’s personal assets.
- Owner Alberto Chinkies says the cash‑flow lockup threatens more than 100 jobs and could force the Buenos Aires restaurant to close.
- The dispute dates to 2020, when management says the longtime waiter stopped showing up during the pandemic; the worker claimed constructive dismissal and sued.
- Piegari’s lawyer contests the court’s indexing, arguing it implies an 8 million‑peso monthly wage for the waiter, and the company has appealed to the Cámara with the embargo still in place.