Jose Manuel Martinez-Rivera v. Chung Sol Garden Corporation, et al, Case No. 2:14-cv-04575

New Collective Class Action in the District of New Jersey

Jose Manuel Martinez-Rivera v. Chung Sol Garden Corporation, et al,  Case No. 2:14-cv-04575

On July 21, 2014, Lead Plaintiff Jose Manuel Martinez-Rivera on behalf of himself and those similarly situated filed a class and collective action lawsuit in United States District Court – District of New Jersey vs. Chung Sol Garden Corporation, d/b/a Chung Sol Bat Restaurant, Joon Kim and Nan Kim. Mr. Martinez-Rivera worked for Defendants as a cook and dishwasher from December 2013 through May 2014. He alleges that he worked six days a week in twelve hour shifts for approximately seventy-two hours per week. However, Defendants paid him in cash, did not pay Mr. Martinez-River the proper minimum wages, did not pay any wages or the required time-and-a-half for each hour worked per week in excess of forty hours in violation of the New Jersey Wage and Hour Law and Federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Additionally, Mr. Martinez-Rivera alleges that when he took two weeks off for a serious hand injury, Defendants reduced his pay and forced him out of his job because he could no longer support himself in violation of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. If any person worked for the restaurant named in the lawsuit during the time period of July 21, 2011 – July 21, 2014 or has information that may be relevant to this case, contact Borrelli & Associates, P.L.L.C. as soon as possible: (516) 248 – 5550, (516) ABOGADO, and (212) 679 – 5000.

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