$50,000.00 – Wage & Hour Violations

Morales Medina v. JMT Restaurant Corp., et al., Case No: CV 20-5753(SJF)(SIL)

Firm Forces Pizzeria to Forfeit Judgment in the amount of $50,000.00 – Wage & Hour Violations – Firm represented a former employee against JMT Restaurant Corp., d/b/a Louie’s Pizzeria, a pizzeria, for unpaid overtime wages in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the New York Labor Law.  Generally, the Plaintiff contended that the company subjected him to working over forty hours a week while only paying him straight time wages.  In addition, Plaintiff alleged that Defendants failed to pay him an additional one hour’s pay at the minimum wage rate for those days when his workday exceeded ten hours.  Finally, Plaintiff argued that Defendants failed to provide him with accurate wage statements on each payday as the New York Labor Law requires.  The case concluded in a Judgement in the amount of $50,000.00.  Michael J. Borrelli, Alexander T. Coleman, and Michael Minkoff handled the matter on behalf of the firm.