in Newswire Published on June 1, 2017

Ex-Cook Hits La Bamba Restaurant with FLSA Class Action

Last Updated on May 8, 2018

Piedra v. Ecua Restaurant Inc. et al

Filed: June 1, 2017 ◆§ 1:17-cv-03316

A man formerly employed as a cook and dishwasher by Woodside, New York-based La Bamba Restaurant has filed a proposed collective action.

Defendant(s)

Ecua Restaurant Inc. La Bamba Restaurant

Law(s)

State(s)

New York

Categories

Food Wage and Hour

A man formerly employed as a cook and dishwasher by Woodside, New York-based La Bamba Restaurant and its owning and operating company, Ecua Restaurant Inc., has filed a proposed collective action against the company and three individuals to recover allegedly unpaid wages. The plaintiff, employed by the defendants from November 2015 through May 2017, claims he often worked six or seven days per week, amassing as many as 88 hours per week during some periods of his employment, without being paid mandatory time-and-a-half hourly overtime or 10-hour-plus “spread-of-hours” premiums.

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