Employee Sues Prince Deli Grocery Over ‘Improper’ Wages

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Prince Deli Grocery Corp. and its owner are the defendants in a proposed collective action filed by a former employee who alleges he was deprived of proper wages while working as a “grill man” at the Harlem deli.

The case alleges that between August 2017 and September 2018, the plaintiff put in more than 79 hours of work per week for an hourly rate that didn’t cover any time he worked outside of his scheduled hours. The complaint charges the man was not paid time-and-a-half wages for overtime work or spread-of-hours premiums for shifts lasting more than 10 hours.

Further, the suit claims the defendants did not pay the plaintiff on a regular weekly basis, in violation of New York law, and made improper deductions from his earnings for uniform costs and meal breaks he did not take.