Lawsuit: NYC Contracting Companies Denied Employees Overtime Pay

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Cosmopolitan Interior NY Corporation, JLM Decorating NY Inc., JLM Decorating, Inc., and an individual owner are facing a former employee’s allegations that the defendants failed to adhere to the overtime wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York Labor Law. The plaintiff in the case claims the defendants shared employees of their general contracting businesses, which perform interior renovations in New York City. The man alleges he worked for them as a driver, delivery person, and assistant for between 45 and 60 hours per week and was paid an hourly wage ranging from $17.00 to $20.50 throughout his roughly 10-year employment. The man argues, however, that the defendants never paid him proper time-and-a-half overtime wages for the hours he worked over 40 each week, in violation of state and federal law.

The case also alleges the defendants failed to comply with the New York Labor Law’s requirement that employers provide written notification to employees of their rate of pay, the days on which they will be paid, and how their overtime wages will be calculated.