HUNTINGTON — A bartender is suing restaurant operators at a Huntington airport, alleges unpaid wages and unpaid overtime wages.
Bruce A. Senior of Green Bay, Wisconsin, filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia against Robert Newlin Airport, Inc. and Carl Bailey, alleging violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the West Virginia Minimum Wage and Maximum Hours Act.
According to the complaint, over the course of Senior's employment between Oct. 24, 2015, until his termination in May 2018, he earned less than the lawfully required minimum wage and was not paid for overtime hours.
The plaintiff alleges Robert Newlin Airport and Bailey failed to pay the legally required hourly minimum wage for all hours worked, and overtime wages at a rate of one and one-half times his regular rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in a workweek as required by FLSA.
Senior seeks trial by jury, unpaid wages and overtime wages, liquidated damages, attorney fees, court costs and all other just and equitable relief. He is represented by attorneys Mark Goldner and Maria W. Hughes of Hughes & Goldner PLLC in Charleston.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia case number 3:18-cv-01382