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Mangahas v. Eight Oranges Inc.

Class Conditionally Certified in FLSA Action on Behalf of Restaurants' Tipped Workers

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OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Jessy Mangahas, along with the fourteen opt-in plaintiffs, move the court for an order conditionally certifying this action as a collective action, and for court-authorized notice and expedited discovery under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1947, 29 U.S.C. §216(b). Dkt. No. 36. BACKGROUND I. Complaint Allegations The following facts are taken from allegations in the Amended Complaint. Dkt. No. 25. Plaintiff Jessy Mangahas (“Plaintiff” or “Mangahas”) is an employee of defendant Eight Oranges Inc. d/b/a The Bao located at 13 St. Marks Place, New York, NY (“The Bao”) and Chibaola Inc., d/b/a Uluh located at 152 Second Avenue, New York, NY (“Uluh”) (collectively, the “Restaurants”). Dkt. No. 25

1, 43. She began working for the Restaurants as a front-of-house worker in approximately 2018 and still works for them. Id. 43. The Bao is a Shanghai-style xiao long bao soup dumpling restaurant. Id. 5. It is owned and operated by Defendants Eight Oranges, Inc. (“Eight Oranges”), Richard Lam (“Lam”), and Joanne Hong Bao (“Hong Bao”). Id. 2. The Bao is the trade name for defendant Eight Oranges, Inc. (“Eight Oranges”). Id. 57. Uluh promotes itself as “offer[ing] a modern edge to traditionally crafted dishes from the many regions of China and Asia.” Id. 5. Uluh is the trade name for defendant Chibaola Inc. (“Chibaola”) and is owned and operated by Chibaola, Lam, and Hong Bao. Id. 65. The Restaurants are located within blocks of one another in lower Manhattan and share the same address for service of process (13 St. Mark’s Place). Id.

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