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https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/flight-attendant-suit-boss-made-work-ot-pick-dog-poop-article-1.3852027

Corporate flight attendant says boss forced her to work unpaid overtime, pick up dog poop

 

By VICTORIA BEKIEMPIS

Mar 02, 2018 | 9:07 PM

 

 

The Executive Chairman of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), Richard Baker, allegedly treated a corporate flight attendant like a personal assistant working overtime and cleaning up after his dog. (ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN/AFP/Getty Images)

 

An executive at Lord and Taylor's parent company treated a corporate flight attendant like a serf — requiring her to work unpaid overtime and clean up "dog waste," a new lawsuit alleges.

Richard Baker, executive chairman of Hudson's Bay Company, routinely used the company plane "for personal matters," according to the Manhattan Federal Court suit.

Karen Lyons, who was a flight attendant on the plane from July 2014 to January 2018, claims she was "responsible for working on all flights of the Corporate Defendants as well as Baker and Baker's wife personally."

In addition to flight attendant duties such as serving drinks Lyons was "required to work as a personal assistant for Baker and his wife," the suit alleges.

Lyons, 46, says she had to cater to the Bakers' tastes and "was required to have both paleo and nonpaleo food options" on the plane.

She maintains in court papers that she was always "on call… so she could respond to the Bakers' voluminous requests."

"For instance, Lyons was required to take care of Defendant Baker's dog 'Bella', such as feeding him, walking Bella outdoors in poor weather conditions (anywhere from 15 minutes to 30 minutes twice at day) and removing dog waste," as well as making their travel arrangements, the suit charges.

Karen Lyons, who was the company's flight attendant from July 2014 to January 2018, found out Lord and Taylor was fighting her request for unemployment insurance. (Julio Cortez/AP)

Lyons, whose salary ranged from $1600 to $1800 per week during her time at the company, was fired in January.

Shortly after her firing, Lyons' lawyer reached out to Lord and Taylor claiming she was owed overtime pay.

Lyons discovered soon thereafter that the company was fighting her request for unemployment insurance, the suit maintains.

A man who identified himself as Robert Baker disconnected a call from a Daily News reporter after putting her on hold for two minutes.

Asked for comment, a Hudson's Bay spokesman said, "As a matter of company policy, we don't comment on litigation."