New Collective Action filed vs. Bruckner Forever Young Social Adult Day Care, Inc., et al.

New Collective Action filed vs. Bruckner Forever Young Social Adult Day Care, Inc., et al.
Rafael Mota v. Bruckner Forever Young Social Adult Day Care, Inc., Eastchester’s Forever Young Social Adult Care Inc., Queens Forever Young Social Adult Day Care Inc., Forever Young Social Adult Day Care Inc., and Felix Gershkovitch, Case No. 15-cv-00064

On January 7, 2015, Lead Plaintiff Rafael Mota on behalf of himself and those similarly situated filed a class and collective action lawsuit in United States District Court – Southern District of New York vs. Bruckner Forever Young Social Adult Day Care, Inc., Eastchester’s Forever Young Social Adult Care Inc., Queens Forever Young Social Adult Day Care Inc., Forever Young Social Adult Day Care Inc., and Felix Gershkovitch. Mr. Mota worked for Defendants as a intrastate driver providing roundtrip, door-to-door transportation to senior citizens from December 2013 through September 2014. He alleges that he worked at least sixty hours per week throughout his employment. However, Defendants failed to pay Mr. Mota the proper minimum wage and the proper overtime compensation at the statutorily-required overtime rate of pay for any hour that he worked per week over forty hours per week as the New York Labor Law, New York Compensation Codes Rules and Regulations, and the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act require. In addition, Defendants failed to furnish Mr. Mota with accurate wage statements on each payday and wage notices at the time of hire and/or on an annual basis as required by the New York Labor Law. If any person worked for the adult day care centers named in the lawsuit during the time period of January 7, 2009 – present or has information that may be relevant to this case, contact Borrelli & Associates, P.L.L.C. as soon as possible through our website, www.employmentlawyernewyork.com, or any of our phone numbers: (516) 248 – 5550, (516) ABOGADO, and (212) 679–5000.

 

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