{"id":478,"date":"2013-10-03T16:30:27","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T16:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/?p=478"},"modified":"2013-10-11T21:04:48","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T21:04:48","slug":"energy-kitchen-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/energy-kitchen-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Kitchen Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stamped-Complaint-Hernandez-v.-Energy-Kitchen-Inc.-et-al-13-cv-6978-LGSGWG_REDUCED-SIZE.pdf\">Stamped Complaint &#8211; Hernandez v. Energy Kitchen, Inc., et al &#8211; 13 cv 6978 (LGS)(GWG)_REDUCED SIZE<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">On October 2, 2013, Fitapelli &amp; Schaffer, LLP filed a complaint in U.S. District Court on behalf of cooks, delivery workers, kitchen workers, counter servers, helpers, and dishwashers (collectively the \u201cEmployees\u201d) at any Energy Kitchen Restaurant in New York.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>This class action lawsuit seeks to recover damages for unpaid minimum wages, overtime pay, spread-of-hours pay, unlawful deductions, and uniform-related expenses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">The Employees at Energy Kitchen allege that Energy Kitchen failed to pay them the proper minimum wage rate for hours they worked.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Specifically, Energy Kitchen failed to satisfy the \u201ctip credit\u201d requirements in order for them to pay tipped employees a reduced hourly rate; required tipped employees to perform non-tip producing duties (i.e., cutting vegetables; preparing food; and washing dishes) in excess of 20% of their shift; and made unlawful deductions from their pay for mistakes and bicycle-related expenses.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Also, the Employees allege that they consistently worked over 40 hours per week and were not compensated the correct overtime pay rate.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Furthermore, Energy Kitchen failed to pay the Employees one additional hour pay at the minimum wage rate for shifts spanning 10 or more hours.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Additionally, Energy Kitchen required the Employees to wear uniforms which they failed to launder and\/or maintain or pay the Employees the required weekly amount for uniform maintenance in addition to the required minimum wage.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Finally, the Employees who needed additional uniforms were required to purchase these items at their own expense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">We are seeking to represent all cooks, delivery workers, kitchen workers, counter servers, helpers, and dishwashers employed by any Energy Kitchen in New York within the past six years.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Eligible employees should call us, (212) 300-0375, to discuss joining the case, as there is a running statute of limitations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stamped Complaint &#8211; Hernandez v. Energy Kitchen, Inc., et al &#8211; 13 cv 6978 (LGS)(GWG)_REDUCED SIZE<br \/>\nOn October 2, 2013, Fitapelli &amp; Schaffer, LLP filed a complaint in U.S. District Court on behalf of cooks, delivery workers, kitchen workers, counter servers, helpers, and dishwashers (collectively the \u201cEmployees\u201d) at any Energy Kitchen Restaurant in New York.\u00a0 This class action lawsuit seeks to recover damages for unpaid minimum wages, overtime pay, spread-of-hours pay, unlawful deductions, and uniform-related expenses.<br \/>\nThe Employees at Energy &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[23,1,22,24,27,21,28,34,29,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-action","category-employment-law","category-flsa-2","category-minimum-wage-2","category-ny-labor-law","category-overtime-2","category-spread-of-hours","category-unpaid-wages-2","category-waiter","category-waitress"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Energy Kitchen Lawsuit - New York Employment Lawyer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/energy-kitchen-lawsuit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Energy Kitchen Lawsuit - New York Employment Lawyer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Stamped Complaint &#8211; Hernandez v. Energy Kitchen, Inc., et al &#8211; 13 cv 6978 (LGS)(GWG)_REDUCED SIZE On October 2, 2013, Fitapelli &amp; Schaffer, LLP filed a complaint in U.S. District Court on behalf of cooks, delivery workers, kitchen workers, counter servers, helpers, and dishwashers (collectively the \u201cEmployees\u201d) at any Energy Kitchen Restaurant in New York.\u00a0 This class action lawsuit seeks to recover damages for unpaid minimum wages, overtime pay, spread-of-hours pay, unlawful deductions, and uniform-related expenses. The Employees at Energy ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/energy-kitchen-lawsuit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"New York Employment Lawyer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FSLawFirm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-10-03T16:30:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-10-11T21:04:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/FSLaw_Logo_Blue_FB.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"bschaffer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"bschaffer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/energy-kitchen-lawsuit\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/energy-kitchen-lawsuit\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"bschaffer\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/749a268f980a6cee82fa2f713ef54852\"},\"headline\":\"Energy Kitchen Lawsuit\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-10-03T16:30:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-10-11T21:04:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/energy-kitchen-lawsuit\/\"},\"wordCount\":301,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Class Action\",\"Employment Law\",\"FLSA\",\"Minimum Wage\",\"NY Labor Law\",\"Overtime\",\"Spread of Hours\",\"Unpaid Wages\",\"Waiter\",\"Waitress\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/energy-kitchen-lawsuit\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/energy-kitchen-lawsuit\/\",\"name\":\"Energy Kitchen Lawsuit - New York Employment Lawyer\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-10-03T16:30:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-10-11T21:04:48+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/energy-kitchen-lawsuit\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/energy-kitchen-lawsuit\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/energy-kitchen-lawsuit\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Energy Kitchen Lawsuit\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"New York Employment Lawyer\",\"description\":\"New York City Employment Law News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/fitapelli-schaffer-llp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/fitapelli-schaffer-llp.png\",\"width\":330,\"height\":210,\"caption\":\"Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FSLawFirm\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/wagelawyer\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fitapelliandschaffer\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bssnyls\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/749a268f980a6cee82fa2f713ef54852\",\"name\":\"bschaffer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca8f5f199884a5a6f92f9c562b13c779361bb6133d0666af67111ea485636d73?s=96&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca8f5f199884a5a6f92f9c562b13c779361bb6133d0666af67111ea485636d73?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca8f5f199884a5a6f92f9c562b13c779361bb6133d0666af67111ea485636d73?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"bschaffer\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/author\/bschaffer\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Energy Kitchen Lawsuit - New York Employment Lawyer","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/energy-kitchen-lawsuit\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Energy Kitchen Lawsuit - New York Employment Lawyer","og_description":"Stamped Complaint &#8211; Hernandez v. Energy Kitchen, Inc., et al &#8211; 13 cv 6978 (LGS)(GWG)_REDUCED SIZE On October 2, 2013, Fitapelli &amp; Schaffer, LLP filed a complaint in U.S. District Court on behalf of cooks, delivery workers, kitchen workers, counter servers, helpers, and dishwashers (collectively the \u201cEmployees\u201d) at any Energy Kitchen Restaurant in New York.\u00a0 This class action lawsuit seeks to recover damages for unpaid minimum wages, overtime pay, spread-of-hours pay, unlawful deductions, and uniform-related expenses. The Employees at Energy ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/energy-kitchen-lawsuit\/","og_site_name":"New York Employment Lawyer","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FSLawFirm","article_published_time":"2013-10-03T16:30:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-10-11T21:04:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/FSLaw_Logo_Blue_FB.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"bschaffer","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"bschaffer","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/energy-kitchen-lawsuit\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/energy-kitchen-lawsuit\/"},"author":{"name":"bschaffer","@id":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/749a268f980a6cee82fa2f713ef54852"},"headline":"Energy Kitchen Lawsuit","datePublished":"2013-10-03T16:30:27+00:00","dateModified":"2013-10-11T21:04:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/energy-kitchen-lawsuit\/"},"wordCount":301,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Class Action","Employment Law","FLSA","Minimum Wage","NY Labor Law","Overtime","Spread of Hours","Unpaid Wages","Waiter","Waitress"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/energy-kitchen-lawsuit\/","url":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/energy-kitchen-lawsuit\/","name":"Energy Kitchen Lawsuit - New York Employment Lawyer","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-10-03T16:30:27+00:00","dateModified":"2013-10-11T21:04:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/energy-kitchen-lawsuit\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/energy-kitchen-lawsuit\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/energy-kitchen-lawsuit\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Energy Kitchen Lawsuit"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/","name":"New York Employment Lawyer","description":"New York City Employment Law News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP","url":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/fitapelli-schaffer-llp.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/fitapelli-schaffer-llp.png","width":330,"height":210,"caption":"Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FSLawFirm","https:\/\/x.com\/wagelawyer","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fitapelliandschaffer\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bssnyls\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/749a268f980a6cee82fa2f713ef54852","name":"bschaffer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca8f5f199884a5a6f92f9c562b13c779361bb6133d0666af67111ea485636d73?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca8f5f199884a5a6f92f9c562b13c779361bb6133d0666af67111ea485636d73?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca8f5f199884a5a6f92f9c562b13c779361bb6133d0666af67111ea485636d73?s=96&r=g","caption":"bschaffer"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/author\/bschaffer\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":506,"href":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478\/revisions\/506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}