Spa Butterfly Accused of Wage Abuses by Former Employee

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A proposed collective and class action claims that the owners of Spa Butterfly failed to pay a former employee proper wages and took unlawful deductions from her earnings.

The plaintiff put in over 40 hours each week as a nail salon worker at the New York City spa, according to the case. The suit alleges the woman was never appropriately notified of her tip-credited rate and says she was paid a flat weekly salary that failed to meet minimum, overtime and spread-of-hours wage requirements.

Further, the case charges the plaintiff “had her tips misappropriated on various occasions when she received tips that was [sic] perceived to be ‘too large.’” By way of example, the suit says a client once gave the plaintiff a $100 tip that the defendants “insisted on sharing” - and took nearly half of it. Adding to the case’s wage deduction claims, the woman alleges she was docked 30 minutes of pay each day for meal breaks that were regularly interrupted.