Royal Plainview Car Wash Hit with Wage and Hour Lawsuit

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Royal Plainview Car Wash Inc. and an individual owner are facing a proposed collective action filed by a former employee who claims they violated several provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and New York Labor Law. According to the lawsuit, the defendants failed to pay their employees proper minimum and overtime wages, refused to reimburse them for expenses associated with purchasing and laundering work uniforms, and denied them employment benefits.

The plaintiff claims his former employers never informed him that a tip credit would be taken on his wages, meaning the defendants were required to pay him the full minimum wage and failed to do so. He further alleges that he often worked more than 40 hours per week without receiving time-and-a-half overtime wages.

Even further, the suit argues that the defendants “unlawfully converted” contributions that should have been paid towards employees’ Social Security, Workers’ Compensation, Unemployment Insurance, New York Disability Insurance, and Medicare, and instead used the funds for their own benefit.