Ex-Deliver Worker Files Suit Against Scotty’s Diner Over Alleged Wage Infractions

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Scotty’s Diner and its owners have been hit with a former delivery worker’s lawsuit in which the man alleges the defendants maintain “a corporate policy of minimizing labor costs” by cheating employees out of appropriate wages.  

The plaintiff worked at least 50 hours per week at the New York City restaurant from March to November 2018, according to the suit. The complaint says the man was compensated with a fixed weekly salary between $400 and $480, which failed to meet the threshold for a lawful hourly rate for regular and overtime work. Moreover, the suit claims the worker was improperly designated as a tipped employee—and paid below the required tip-credit rate—as he spent over 20 percent of each workday cutting vegetables, cooking sausages and cleaning the restaurant, among other non-tipped responsibilities.