NY Puerto Rican Restaurants Allegedly Violated Labor Laws

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Sazon, Inc., Riverbank Restaurant LLC, and four individuals are on the receiving end of a proposed collective action that claims they violated several provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and New York state law. The plaintiffs say they regularly worked over 40 hours per week at the defendants’ Puerto Rican restaurants – Sazon and Sofrito – without receiving proper minimum, overtime, and spread-of-hours wages. According to the suit, employees were paid at a fixed daily rate regardless of their actual hours worked and were not permitted to take breaks of any kind.

The complaint also alleges that the defendant failed to provide accurate wage statements. One plaintiff says his statements reflected only his scheduled hours and not his actual hours worked. The other claims that he was required to use two different identification numbers when logging his hours, which resulted in discrepancies and lost wages.