Operators of New York City Irish Pubs Facing Unpaid Wage Allegations

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Defendants LAML LLC and 240 BBJ Pub Inc., which operate in New York City as John Sullivan’s Bar & Grill and Jack Doyle’s Irish Pub, respectively, are staring down a proposed collective action in which five current/former employees—cooks, salad preps, dishwashers, and porters—claim they were not paid proper overtime wages. According to the plaintiffs, the joint-employer defendants, prior to February 2017, failed to pay employees any wages at all—minimum, overtime, spread-of-hours—for any hours worked beyond 40 each week. Though this changed in the months after February 2017, the case continues, employees were only paid at their straight time rates for over-40 work hours, not at the time-and-a-half hourly premium set by the FLSA.

In addition to unpaid wage allegations, the plaintiffs claim the defendants failed to provide employees with mandatory wage statements and information, in English and the plaintiffs’ primary language, concerning pay rates, payment dates, allowances, and employer contact details.