(September 28, 2016, 12:49 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge on Sept. 23 agreed to consolidate three wage-and-hour suits filed against a New York City Italian restaurant, granted the plaintiffs’ motion for class certification and agreed to toll the claims of absent class members (Raul Pichardo, et al. v. Carmine’s Broadway Feast Inc., et al., Nos. 15-3312, 15-4046, 15-4049, S.D. N.Y.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 130658).

(Order available. Document #43-161007-012R.)

Raul Pichardo and five other employees of Carmine’s Broadway Feast Inc., a restaurant owned by Alicart Inc., filed...