BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Workers at the New York City location of the popular Atalanta plant-based burger joint Slutty Vegan have filed a federal lawsuit accusing the restaurant of unpaid wages.
Patch reports that the lawsuit was filed earlier in April by three employees of the restaurant's Fort Greene location.
According to the lawsuit, the employees say they were denied bonuses and overtime pay amounting to at least $8,000.
This lawsuit marks the second unpaid wages suit in just three months for the restaurant's founder Pinky Cole.
In January, workers at her Bar Vegan bar and restaurant in Atlanta's Ponce City Market sued Cole and two business partners claiming the restaurant withheld a portion of their tips while paying them less than the federal minimum wage
Morgan Georgia says she was an employee at Bar Vegan for over two years and says that the restaurant paid tipped employees $2.13 an hour while requiring them give up 25% of their tips.
"The allegations are and what our clients say is that Bar Vegan was keeping a large percentage of tips to cover operational costs in the restaurants," said attorney Travis Foust, who represents Georgia and other former employees.
While state law and federal guidelines allow businesses to pay tipped employees that hourly wage, they are required to have the maximum tip credit.
Lawyers for the owners of Bar Vegan, in a court document in response to the lawsuit, admit Georgia was treated as a tipped employee, but say employees "were paid...
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