Renowned chef José Andres claims a payroll defect is to blame for underpaid employees at his Hudson Yards eatery Mercado Little Spain — but employees aren’t swallowing it.

“We found a glitch in how we paid some wages in NYC- some underpaid, more overpaid. I apologize to everyone who was underpaid. We’re correcting it today,” Andres tweeted Wednesday, two days after bartender Tina Braunstein filed a suit against him and the restaurant in Manhattan federal court claiming she was paid below minimum wage.

Yet Braunstein’s attorney Maimon Kirschenbaum told The Post Andres’ statement was “farcical” — and said he’s been retained by another employee who was so disgusted with the tony chef’s payment practices that she quit just a few days into her job at the popular Mercado Little Spain.

An amended version of the class action lawsuit naming Cindy Martinez was filed Thursday.

“The violations are serious and far surpass a ‘glitch,'” Kirschenbaum wrote in the new document.

“Service employees were forced to perform hours of menial non-tipped work while being paid the ‘tip credit’ hourly rate of $10, which is less than the full minimum wage of $15,” the papers read. “Defendants’ blatant minimum wage violation has no relation to any alleged software glitch. Rather, Defendants saved money by having tipped employees perform non-tipped setup and breakdown work while illegally paying them as though they were receiving tips for that work.”

“We’re working with the software company to fix the error, and employees who were underpaid will receive back payment and wages owed this week,” the restaurant said in a statement. “In fact, Chef José has directed that any employee who had the wrong rate used to their detriment will receive a second payment in an equal amount in an effort to offset any difficulties. Moreover, employees who were in fact overpaid will be able to keep the extra wages.”