Former Sawa Sushi Chefs Sue NY Eatery for Allegedly Unpaid Wages

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Sawa Sushi is facing a proposed class and collective action over claims that two former Teriyaki chefs at the Syosset, New York, restaurant were deprived of proper minimum, overtime and spread-of-hours wages. 

The complaint – which names Sawa Sushi 88 Inc. and two individual owners as defendants – alleges that from June 2017 to June 2018, one plaintiff worked anywhere from 59 to 72 hours each week for a fixed salary that failed to meet the required minimum wage, overtime and spread-of-hours pay owed to him under federal and state law.

The second plaintiff alleges he, too, was deprived of proper wages during the same time period, during which he worked about 59 hours each week for the defendants. Moreover, the same plaintiff claims that, in addition to his duties as a chef, he was required to drive other employees to and from work once a week for no compensation. The man further charges he was promised a one-week paid vacation for $800 yet only received $300 from his employers.

Even further, the case claims the defendants failed to issue proper wage notices upon hiring the plaintiffs, furnished inaccurate pay stubs that indicated the former chefs worked just 40 hours each week, and deprived the plaintiffs of regular uninterrupted break periods.