Brooklyn car wash taken to court for cheating 150 employees
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is taking an East Flatbush car wash that cheated more than 150 employees out of their wages, to court for nearly $1.6 million in damages and penalties, officials announced Thursday.
The lawsuit filed in Brooklyn Supreme Court alleges that the owners and managers of Tropical Breeze Car Wash between Utica Avenue and Linden Boulevard, underpaid workers by over a total $540,000 in wages and benefits over at least six years.
While paying some employees on the books and some off, owner, Benno Gmuer and managers, Philip Gmuer and Gregory Gmuer allegedly cut time cards to trim hours and avoid paying overtime from 2012 to 2018.