Asian Fusion USA Facing Former Employees’ Lawsuit Over Allegedly Unpaid Wages

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Two individuals who worked for Asian Fusion USA claim that the Brooklyn eatery and its individual owners failed to pay the workers proper wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state law.

The plaintiffs, who were employed as a kitchen helper and a delivery worker at the restaurant, allege they worked at least 60 hours each week for flat weekly or daily salaries that, when divided by the number of hours worked, did not meet the required hourly minimum wage rate. The lawsuit claims these salaries also failed to properly compensate the men for overtime hours worked and did not include spread-of-hours pay, which the case says is required under state law. Further, the suit charges the defendants retained “part or all of the tips” earned by the former delivery worker.

The case goes on to claim the defendants deprived the workers of proper wage notices and had a timekeeping system that “did not work properly” and “indicated shorter hours” than employees actually worked, resulting in inaccurate pay stubs.