New York, NYThree St. Ned’s Pizza restaurants in New York City are facing a proposed class action lawsuit alleging failure to pay workers minimum wage or properly compensate them for overtime hours worked and other labor violations. The pizzerias, owned by CB Hospitality and Events LLC, specialize in marijuana-infused pizzas. Owner Chris Barrett, AKA the “pizza pusha”, might want to reconsider the tagline on his website: “whatever I do, I do it better stoned.”
Stoned or straight, it’s pretty much impossible to not know that the minimum wage for all food services workers in New York City is $15.00 per hour, because the New York labor law requires all employers in New York to visibly display an approved New York minimum wage poster, and other New York and federal labor law posters, to ensure that all employees are aware of federal and New York labor law and overtime regulations. Two employees, Neptali Peralta and Maria Jovita Tapia Villanueva, filed a Fair Labor Standards Act and New York Labor Law complaint against the company, Barrett and manager Raul Avila claiming they weren’t paid agreed-upon wages or overtime compensation.
Maria Jovita Tapia Villanueva was hired as a dessert preparer in April 2021. She was told that her hourly rate would be set at $20, but for the first few months she worked 80...
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