Will Films While Staff Chills

Can they get unemployment for that week?

with no pay??? well that sucks

If the employees were smart they would allllll call in sick on the day it was supposed to reopen.. that would send the owners a message!!

I think that they can receive unemployment for that week but that is if they are legal residents. I think that stinks for people that live from paycheck to paycheck.
1 week can mess up everything. I don't see Will bailing them out.
It must be nice to have all that money and not care if you are hurting the little people.
We should just boycott the movie
That will learn them!

What the staff should do is come in on friday, and right before the dinner rush, everybody should just walk out leaving that punk bitch chief S-O-L. I did that at my old job and let me tell you, it was awesome.

Good idea Janice.

Janice, how is Will or any actor responsible for the plight of these empoyees? The owner of the restaurant has an obligation to his workers not Will.

Too funny Sara.lol

Is there somewhere we can visit online to petition this? Like the production company for this film???

I will NOT see this movie, based on these actions. The majority of society HAS to work, we don't get paid the salary of movie stars....ante up, Will Smith or production company, or you will lose fans!!!

#6.......Will is the star of the movie, which in turn he is making a profit for thier loss
How the hell can you not see that. He can stick for these employees, but he won't because it is all about money.

Call the Labor Board. That is soooooooooooo unfair. The Patina Group has just lost a good customer, I will never dine in your resturants again.

And I hope these employees don't show up on Friday

the owner is getting a pretty penny im sure, in a fair world he would share the wealth. but mama always told me "life is not fair"

It clearly says:
"And while the Patina Restaurant Group (home of celeb chef Joachim Splichal) is profiting from the location filming, all staff members at the restaurant have been told to stay home for the week -- with no pay!"
Obviously the Patina Restaurant Group is making money off filming at their location, but don't want to look out for their employees during that time. I think this is the restaurant's responsibility, not Will's. It is easy to hit on the movie star, but why should he be responsible? He did not hire the restaurant staff in the first place, nor did he tell the restaurant owners to make them go away for a week. If the Patina Group had any sense of fairness, they would use some of their "profits" to make sure their employees are treated fairly, and paid at least something while they were told to be gone.

I think it really stinks Will Smith makes bundles of money so he has enough to dish out to the employees of the restaurant.. It's not like he will be missing any of it? or hurting like some people would they have families to feed as well..