Former Employee Tosses a Handful of Allegations Against Tina’s Nails in Wage and Hour Suit

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Two operating companies and two individual owners of Tina’s Nails are facing a former employee’s proposed collective action that alleges the defendants failed to pay her properly and discriminated against her because of her Colombian background. The plaintiff says she was employed as a manicurist, pedicurist, and eyebrow waxer at the defendants’ nail salon between March 2016 and November 2017, and was not paid proper minimum, overtime, or spread-of-hours wages. Furthermore, the suit claims, she was never given meal periods, rest breaks or accurate wage statements detailing her hours and pay rates.

The plaintiff claims she was required to work an additional 20 minutes past her scheduled hours every day without being paid for the extra time she spent working. She says the defendants failed to reimburse her for buying “tools of the trade” – towels, acrylics, nail colorings and gel polish – that were required to perform her job.

Finally, the plaintiff accuses one of the individual owners of regularly humiliating her with derogatory comments about her Colombian origin. She says she complained to her employers about the allegedly discriminatory treatment only to have the defendants retaliate against her by reducing her hours and eventually terminating her.