Lombardo v. Camuto Group LLC, Civil Case No.: 20-cv-10336

New Action filed in the Southern District of New York

On December 8, 2020, Plaintiff Katreen Lombardo filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court Southern District of New York against CAMUTO GROUP LLC (“Camuto” or “Defendants”) alleging as follows:

Plaintiff worked for Defendants – – a global clothing, footwear, handbag, and accessories design and licensing company – – from September 9, 2014 until July 30, 2020, as Vice President of Marketing, in both its Connecticut and Manhattan offices until December 2016. As described below, Defendant failed to pay Plaintiff the wages lawfully due to her under the New York Labor Law (“NYLL”). Specifically, Defendant entered into a written employment contract with Plaintiff whereby Defendant guaranteed Plaintiff a non-discretionary bonus of $30,000.00 annually. Defendant paid Plaintiff the entire bonus for her first and second years of employment – – 2014 (paid in March 2015) and 2015 (paid in March 2016) – – but paid her only a portion of that bonus for her third year of employment, 2016 (paid in March 2017). Plaintiff complained to Defendant in June 2017 about failure to pay her full non-discretionary bonus for the prior year, Defendant threatened Plaintiff with termination if she complained again, and then did not pay her any of her bonus for 2017 (payable in March 2018) or 2018 (payable in March 2019).

Plaintiff lodged her second complaint regarding her unpaid bonuses in May 2019, Defendant retaliated by taking a series of adverse actions against her, including, inter alia: taking away some of her job duties; denying her a promotion and raise; and preventing her from achieving further career advancement. Then after Defendant failed to pay Plaintiff any of her bonus for 2019 (payable in March 2020), Defendant continued its retaliation by, after furloughing Plaintiff due to the COVID-19 pandemic, refusing to lift her furlough despite returning the majority of Defendant’s other furloughed staff to their positions. Defendant then capped off its retaliatory campaign by terminating Plaintiff’s employment immediately after receiving a letter from Plaintiffs’ counsel complaining about the unpaid bonuses.

If any individual is or has previously been an employee of the Defendants named in the lawsuit and/or has information that may be relevant to this case, please contact Borrelli & Associates, P.L.L.C. as soon as possible through one of our websites, www.employmentlawyernewyork.com or www.516abogado.com, or any of our phone numbers: (516) 248–5550, (516) ABOGADO, or (212) 679–5000.