{"id":480,"date":"2013-10-03T16:31:56","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T16:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/?p=480"},"modified":"2013-10-11T14:08:48","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T14:08:48","slug":"moonstruck-diner-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/moonstruck-diner-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Moonstruck Diner Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stamped-Complaint-13-Civ.-6977-10-2-13.pdf\">Stamped Complaint &#8211; 13 Civ. 6977 (10-2-13)<\/a><\/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, food preparers and dishwashers (collectively the \u201cNon-exempt Workers\u201d) at Moonstruck Diners in New York.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>This class action lawsuit seeks to recover damages for unpaid minimum wages, overtime pay, and spread-of-hours pay.<\/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 Non-exempt Workers at Moonstruck were paid a flat weekly salary despite working over 40 hrs per week.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>In this regard, it\u2019s alleged that Moonstruck misclassified the Non-exempt Workers as exempt employees and failed to compensate them overtime pay for the hours worked in excess of 40.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Also, at times, the weekly salaries failed to compensate Non-exempt Workers the proper minimum wage rate as required under federal and state labor laws.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Finally, the Non-exempt Workers allege they consistently worked shifts spanning 10 or more hours and were not compensated one additional hour pay at the minimum wage rate.<\/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, food preparers, and dishwashers employed by Moonstruck Diners 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stamped Complaint &#8211; 13 Civ. 6977 (10-2-13)<br \/>\nOn October 2, 2013, Fitapelli &amp; Schaffer, LLP filed a complaint in U.S. District Court on behalf of cooks, food preparers and dishwashers (collectively the \u201cNon-exempt Workers\u201d) at Moonstruck Diners in New York.\u00a0 This class action lawsuit seeks to recover damages for unpaid minimum wages, overtime pay, and spread-of-hours pay.<br \/>\nThe Non-exempt Workers at Moonstruck were paid a flat weekly salary despite working over 40 hrs per week.\u00a0 In this regard, it\u2019s alleged &#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":[23,1,22,24,27,21,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-480","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-unpaid-wages-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Moonstruck Diner 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\/moonstruck-diner-lawsuit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Moonstruck Diner Lawsuit - New York Employment Lawyer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Stamped Complaint &#8211; 13 Civ. 6977 (10-2-13) On October 2, 2013, Fitapelli &amp; Schaffer, LLP filed a complaint in U.S. District Court on behalf of cooks, food preparers and dishwashers (collectively the \u201cNon-exempt Workers\u201d) at Moonstruck Diners in New York.\u00a0 This class action lawsuit seeks to recover damages for unpaid minimum wages, overtime pay, and spread-of-hours pay. 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