Operators of Mokbar Korean Eateries in NYC Facing Wage and Hour Lawsuit

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Three plaintiffs allege the companies and individuals that run two Mokbar Korean restaurants in New York City failed to pay appropriate minimum, overtime and spread-of-hours wages. Two of the plaintiffs, former tipped employees, claim they were required by the defendants to spend more than 20 percent of their workdays performing non-tipped tasks and were never informed tips were being used as an offset for their hourly wages. The case says these individuals regularly worked more than 40 hours per week without time-and-a-half pay while the defendants allegedly pocketed 2.5 percent of their earned credit card tips. One of the plaintiffs alleges he was not paid any wages at all by the defendants for roughly 25 hours of work in January 2017.

 The third plaintiff, a former cook, claims his pay never varied regardless of the number of hours he worked, which often surpassed 40 per week as a result of the man staying later than his scheduled shift end time.