Liriano v. Quatro Amici, Inc. d/b/a Paradiso Ristorante & Pizzeria and Diego Stornello, an individual, Civil Case No.: 18-cv-00134
As previously reported on this website regarding Liriano v. Quatro Amici, Inc. d/b/a Paradiso Ristorante & Pizzeria and Diego Stornello, Docket No.: 18-cv-00134, on January 9, 2018, lead Plaintiff Mr. Liriano, on behalf of himself and those similarly situated, filed a collective action lawsuit against Quatro Amici, Inc. d/b/a Paradiso Ristorante & Pizzeria (“Paradiso Ristorante”) and its Chief Operating Officer (“CEO”) Diego Stornello (collectively as “Defendants”), alleging debilitating violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), the New York Labor Law (“NYLL”), and the New York Comp. Codes, Rules, and Regulations (“NYCCRR”), including the failure of Defendants to compensate Plaintiff for overtime. The claims of the case are referenced in our January 2018 blog post and are reviewed as follows:
Defendants failed to compensate Plaintiff at any rate, let alone at the rate of time and one-half his regular rate of pay. Defendants also failed to pay Plaintiff spread-of-hours compensation of one hour’s pay at the minimum wage rate on those days when his spread of hours exceeded ten during a given day. On each occasion when they paid Plaintiff, Defendants failed to provide Plaintiff with a wage statement that accurately listed his total hours worked that week or his straight and overtime rates of pay for every hour worked as required under the NYLL.
In this case, pursuant to the request of the Plaintiff, the Judge reviewed claims that the Plaintiff brought forward alleging that there are additional workers in the same “class” (performing the same or similar duties) whose rights have been violated. After reviewing the facts of this case, on September 28, 2018, Magistrate Judge Gary R. Brown granted “conditional certification” allowing the case to proceed as a collective action enabling any current and former employees who were not paid properly to join the lawsuit and seek amends for Defendants’ failure to compensate them in accordance with the law.
If you or a person you know worked for the Defendants named in the lawsuit during the time period of January 9, 2012 to the present or has information that may be relevant to this case, contact New York Employment law firm Borrelli & Associates, P.L.L.C. as soon as possible: (516) 248-5550, (516) ABOGADO, and (212) 679-5000.
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