Restaurant Associates, Levy Restaurants at US Open Face Federal and State Labor Law Violations in Luxury Suite Attendant Class Action Lawsuit
Three employees who worked as suite attendants at New York's marquee tennis tournament, the US Open, filed a class and collective action lawsuit on behalf of suite attendants. The case was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Case No. 10 Civ. 0935) on behalf of persons who worked as suite attendants at the Arthur Ashe Stadium at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during the 2004-2009 US Open Tennis Tournament.
Defendants include Restaurant Associates Events Corp., Levy Restaurants, Inc., Amerivents, JKDella Sales Dimensions, Inc., Scott Frain and James Della Pace.
The suite attendants claim that during the US Open tennis tournaments held from 2004-2009 defendants violated federal and state wage and hour laws by failing to pay all wages due including overtime to suite attendants who worked over 100 hours each week during the tournaments.
