New Collective Action filed vs. RV Transport Inc., et al

New Collective Action filed vs. RV Transport Inc., et al
Maykor Castillo v. RV Transport, Inc. and Ringo Valenzuela, Case No. 15-cv-527

On January 23, 2015, Lead Plaintiff Damon Smith 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. RV Transport, Inc. and Ringo Valenzuela. Mr. Smith worked for Defendants, a merchandise delivery company and its owner, as an inventory clerk from May 13, 2012 through May 18, 2014. He alleges that he worked between seventy and ninety hours per week throughout his employment. However, Defendants failed to pay Mr. Castillo the proper minimum wage for the first forty hours he worked per week, spread-of-hour premiums for each day where his workshift exceeded ten hours per day, and Defendants failed to pay him at any rate of pay or 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, and the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act require. In addition, Defendants failed to furnish Mr. Castillo with accurate wage statements on each payday, or with proper wage notices at the time or hire or on an annual basis as required by the New York Labor Law.

If any person worked for the store named in the lawsuit during the time period of January 23, 2008 – 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, or by phone: (516) 248–5550, (516) ABOGADO, or (212) 679–5000.