Cafe Espanol Lawsuit

On August 22, 2014, Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the corporate entities doing business as the Café Español restaurants located at 78 Carmine Street and 172 Bleecker Street in New York (collectively, “Café Español”). The lawsuit alleges that despite working over 40 hours per week, cooks, food preparers, dishwashers, and kitchen helpers are only paid a fixed weekly salary and not time and one half their regular hourly wage rate as required under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the New York Labor Law. The lawsuit is seeking unpaid overtime pay, spread-of-hours pay, and statutory penalties under the New York Labor Law.

We are seeking to represent all cooks, food preparers, dishwashers, and kitchen helpers employed at Café Español from August 2008 to present. Eligible employees should call us to join the case. For additional information, please call the employment lawyers at Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP, (212) 300-0375.