Famous Martha’s Vineyard Golf Club Accused of Wage Violations

A famous Martha’s Vineyard golf club is facing accusations of wage violations from a former cafe cook alleging she was not properly paid for all hours worked or for overtime.

At the center of the allegations is the Farm Neck Golf Club, the members-only golf club famous for hosting former presidents and other significant people. Former cook Anna Shkuratova filed a potential class action wage and hour lawsuit against Farm Neck Golf Club of Oak Bluffs, alleging numerous wage violations against the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for not paying her overtime wages for all overtime hours worked.

“Plaintiff was subject to defendants’ common practices, policies or plans including failing to pay at least minimum wage for all regular hours worked, failing to pay at least one and one-half times the regular rate of pay for hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week, failing to compensate plaintiff and class members for hours worked off the clock and failing to keep accurate time and payroll records in violation of the FLSA,” Shkuratova’s wage and hour lawsuit says.

Overview of Potential Class Action Wage and Hour Lawsuit

According to Shkuratova, she worked as a cook at the Cafe at Farm Neck from May 9, 2016 to Sept. 17, 2016 under cafe manager Pascal Bitoun and golf club general manager Timothy Sweet.

Both managers directly supervised Shkuratova during her hours worked and determined the compensation she was paid for hours worked. Due to their alleged failure to pay her for all hours worked, Bitoun and Sweet were also named in the wage and hour lawsuit for wage violations.

The potential class action wage and hour lawsuit is proposing five subclasses of Class Members who worked as employees and were not paid the minimum wage for regular hours or the overtime rate for overtime hours, or who were not compensated for any work done off the clock.

These subclasses of employees would include: cafe cooks like Shkuratova, front-of-house cafe workers, golf course workers, pro shop sales representatives, tennis pros and maintenance workers.

Each Class Member in these potential Classes would have been denied overtime benefits and would not have been properly compensated for all hours worked, according to Shkuratova.

The potential class action wage and hour lawsuit also alleges that the company had instructed Shkuratova and other employees to work off the clock without documenting it, in order to avoid paying them for these tasks.

The potential class action wage and hour lawsuit names four counts of wage violations including breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and violations of federal labor laws and Massachusetts statutory law.

Farm Neck Gold Club allegedly committed these wage violations by failing to pay Shkuratova and other proposed class members the FLSA minimum wage rate of $7.25 per hour, along with $10 hourly overtime rate under Massachusetts minimum wage law.

Shkuratova is seeking damages equal to the value of her and other proposed class members’ missing wages and overtime, liquidated FLSA damages also equal to that amount, along with any additional damages under Massachusetts general law.

This potential class action Wage and Hour Lawsuit is Shkuratova v. Farm Neck Association Inc., doing business as Farm Neck Golf Club, et al., Case No. 1:17-cv-10388, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

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