Fernandez v. Zoni Language Centers, Inc.

REENA RAGGI, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs Zhara Fernandez, Tanya Chambers, Kenya Brown, Amy Chu, John Volpe, and Andrew Buffington are or were employed to teach English as a second language by defendants, two Zoni Language Centers, one in Manhattan and the other in Queens, as well as the centers’ president, Zoilo C. Nieto (collectively, the “Zoni Centers”). On behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, plaintiffs filed this putative class and collective action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (P. Kevin Castel, Judge), alleging that defendants…