Which I think is wrong for the work I have to do. I happen to know all the people that work there and this store recently changed store management! Wage theft is the illegal practice of not paying workers for all of their work including; violating minimum wage laws, not paying overtime, forcing workers to work off the clock, and much more. /Tabs /S /Resources 112 0 R This website is not intended for viewing or usage by European Union citizens. document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_3" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_4" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Please note: Top Class Actions is not a settlement /Parent 9 0 R /Type /Page >> endobj I engaged into the lawsuit that was going on for unpaid wages and have heard nothing back. If an employer does not communicate an expectation for after-hours work, supervisors may give the impression that such effort is expected. I worked for the Dollar tree in Issaquah Washington and I only made 11:50 and they were telling me from November to February that they were going to be paying $15 an hour but never ever gave me nothing but a 50 cent raise at 12:50 and now I work not even a half mile away and make 1826 for doing the same thing that I was doing at the Dollar tree, I work at dollar tree in Plaistow New Hampshire and I live in Haverhill Mass I only make $10 an hour and i work there for 7 months and Im still work. /StructParents 12 Let's do some math. /Parent 8 0 R << What is taking so long.??? Privacy Policy. /Resources << 3 0 obj Before commenting, please review our comment policy. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. working off the clock! /Type /Catalog /Type /Pages /Parent 8 0 R /Contents 44 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 8 0 obj << UpCounsel lawyers represent the top 5 percent attorneys in the United States, graduating from top law schools such as Harvard Law School and Yale Law School. /Kids [14 0 R 15 0 R 16 0 R 17 0 R 18 0 R 19 0 R 20 0 R 21 0 R 22 0 R 23 0 R This browser does not support PDFs. /Parent 3 0 R A recent Dollar General class action lawsuit claims that the bargain store discriminates against its pregnant employees. I was fired by my DM for leaving building to go to bank and then sitting in my car to eat. According to the news outlet, 38-year-old Eric Sica was fired from his job as a stocking clerk at a Dollar General in Point Pleasant. /StructParents 23 Court Decertifies Class in Dollar General Wage and Hour Lawsuit This coming from a district manager. And was never compensated for any of it. In addition to several health and safety problems, and security issues, I have also experience wage theft. /Parent 8 0 R I also would also do payroll and other manager duties. Returning work-related phone calls at home after the shift has ended. << /Contents [133 0 R 134 0 R 135 0 R] /Tabs /S Yet, Dollar General failed to modify such end- It was me. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Length 10 The employer expects availability after hours, the potential liability for unpaid hours increases because the employer reasonably should have known that work was being performed. They gave me my last check but tell me I have to contact ap for my milage pay but ap didnt promise me pay my DM did and I shouldnt have to hunt down my money. OCgXNezZYer1 I have contacted dollar general hr and i was never on their payroll or have permission to do a lay out. /Annots [] << /XObject << << expected to be mailed out. 34 0 R 35 0 R 36 0 R 37 0 R] Working Off the Clock: Everything You Need to Know - UpCounsel << Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site. So I work at a Dollar General and we are forced to clock out at 10:15pm on the dot sometimes 10:20, yet we are still at the store doing closing things till 10:20-10:35/40. Hi,I'm a store manager for DG as we speak.What I have seen through the years I've been here is you work every day all day long because this company thinks the store manager don't have a life on the outside .This company is a million dollar Corporation you would think they would match the hours with the work load that comes in the stores ,why do that when us managers work 48 to 90 hours a week with no incentives for our hard work were human to. /Annots [] An employer is also generally obliged to pay a worker whose work is suffered. Theyll work you full time but have you in the system for part-time smh but I got the management experience. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 5 0 obj Exemption of employees from Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requirements, are those rules which are considered to be: Under the FLSA, all non-exempt workers must be paid for all hours worked. I would like to bring this to the federal circuit but we need people from around the country who has experienced the same as the workers in MI. /I0 183 0 R Plus I don't get any days off if I'm lucky I get one day off a week. /Annots [47 0 R] I am a dollar general store manager working between 60 - 70 hours per week. /Annots [] It also informs them of their responsibilities to the employer and employees under state and federal wage laws. Wal-Mart to Settle Suits Over Pay - The New York Times 11 0 obj Currently working on a state comp lawsuit due to Dollar Gen Corp directing employees to work while clocked out on break as well as Dollar Gen Corp directing employees to clock out 5-30 minutes before they're completely done and leave. /Resources 152 0 R Working off the clock labor is that which is unpaid or not contributing to overtime pay, and is usually illegal. I was fired by what I consider a conspiracy. >> Read our Newswire Disclaimer. The shoddy way they treat there managers is appalling. /Group 101 0 R /Type /Page By submitting this form I agree to the Terms of Service. /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] Yes i believe such thing like this because here in PA they have done the same thing. Manager refused to stay after I told her that something is terribly wrong with my health. This is a horrific place to work! 20 0 obj >> endobj Which would have left me to run the store open to close for a entire weekend. Until i worked for them i gave them 110 percent only to be just one of their casualties and i no im not the only one they did this to how do i become part of this lawsuit to help stand up for people like me, I was a manager for12 yrs with this company.I understand the horror stories.I was terminated after doing what I was told to do.it is unfair I was denied unemployment because I broke company policy and my do would not back me up,he threw me under the bus.so if I can get any legal help or help someone else I would be glad to wither way. 5 minutes to go to the bab, They fired me for what I think was wrong Ive never done anything wrong I called help desk for register problems and I made a remark about register always broke down have tape it or paper clip the remark was were always Afro energyneer the dm said I would just be wrote up but instead the let me go after 14 yrs, Same here 10 yrs and if called while in lunch I got to go and also during breaks. Employers can be forced to pay liquidated damages as remedy as well as civil penalties if found in violation by the court. 41 0 obj << that reports on class action lawsuits, class action settlements, I thought the other 2 assistants are suppose to share closes. << endstream >> /Count 2 In fact, they claim, the production line is stopped for over 30 minutes for lunch breaks, which is more than the mandated time. When an employee is instructed to rework a project without pay. /Type /Page If you are employed at Dollar General or are a former employee and did not receive overtime pay, you may have the following questions: Our experienced Dollar General overtime pay attorneys can determine whether you are entitled to overtime wages based upon your job description, job duties, rate of pay, and number of hours worked. /StructParents 2 /F1 175 0 R You have to schedule yourself a minum of 48hrs. 3]@uWbz6lfxwsM: ?zVBJZ? I have signed agreements with a law firm and have heard nothing from them. /Type /Page 7 0 obj We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] >> Retrieval of punches and time sheets is limited to very little from the compass system (in my case can only retrieve as far back at the beginning of september) but this has been going on since the transfer back in may, a period of 4 months that I cannot prove using the methods available to associates. /Tabs /S 6 0 obj Top Class /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Employees should be clocked in during work. ;xw Liabilities under FLSA extend three (3) years back. I am expected to clock in for any help the cashier or a customer may need. Phone: 1-310-556-4811. Similarly, an employer may request an employee perform work duties off the clock. << Please download the PDF to view it: Download PDF. I applied for other jobs and they are told I was fired when they check. /Resources << When you work at dollar general everybody needs to take the etips test for selling liquor. The availability of laptops, smartphones and other devices now let employees carry the office around in their pockets. /I0 173 0 R This went on all last winter. Ive worked for Dollar Tree for 6 years, and I mostly didnt hate it, the store I worked at in Michigan was nice, with good people, there were never any real issues. Although some managers may misunderstand they are requiring employees to work off-the-clock, extra work is deemed fine. Jennifer Peters and Rachel Buttry, both supervisors at the Dollar General store, claim in the lawsuit that they were forced to open registers, run returns and void items among other duties, despite the fact that the company employee handbook states that employees can be fired for working off the clock. Can I sue the dollar general for working off the clock Can anyone do anything about this over this way. /Contents [182 0 R] /Annots [] If you worked for Dollar General at any time from August 23, 2017, until the present and would like to learn more about the case, please call us at 888.314.7449 or send an email to info@DollarGeneralLawsuit.com. I'm the last 3 Yrs we have been going thru not having store mgrs.so I've had to run them without help mostly..having to borrow from other stores is almost impossible and I do not get paid a store mgr.salary but I am the store mgr when there isn't one, working long hrs working by myself I'm doing it now and it's affecting my health and when I do call or message my DM he hardly responds is there anything I can do about this? /Contents [174 0 R] Employers could easily recognize who was working late because the employees had to stay in the building to continue working. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent. We were still under staffed. Capstone Law seeks to represent employees, consumers and investors across the country in litigation involving labor and workplace rights, privacy laws, automobile and other product defects, consumer protection, false advertising or other deceptive trade practices, and securities fraud. /Tabs /S Plaintiff Sherrell Hall says she started working for Dollar General in August 2016, when she was hired as a "picker" for one of their warehouses. 39 0 obj Where an employer requires or allows workers to work overtime, under U.S. law that overtime is usually due compensation. assistant store managers and lead sales associates. More than 6,000 Dollar Tree employees have joined a lawsuit claiming that the retailer failed to pay them for work they routinely performed "off the clock." The workers allege that they. Thomas denied that misconduct and said she told the employees to take the computer training "off the clock." Low payroll hours to operate a store that is open from 8am - 10pm 7 days a week. >> /Resources 167 0 R << endobj Find a lawyer near you. Merely paying the employee back-wages is less expensive and litigious than the threat of lawsuit. /Annots [] 25 0 obj If I was entitled to the hours worked off the clock I could probably take a year long furlow to regain my health. /Group 91 0 R My other assistant got overwhelmed and walked out of the leaving me to work open to close the whole week as we could not find any other manager willing to come to our store. >> 33 0 obj Complaints filed with the Department of Labor may recover up to threeyears of back wages for unpaid overtime; including liquidated damages equal to what a former employee is owed. 2 0 obj >> /Resources << /Tabs /S Employees may check email or phone messages, or otherwise perform work in the evenings, on weekends, or even while on vacation. In their lawsuit against the city, they said the eviction moratorium had led to rent losses of more than $2.7 million at Palmer's Medici project in downtown Los Angeles; nearly $2.8 million at . /Tabs /S Signed up for lawsuit never got nothing and my checks were never what they should of been.. Wonder why I never got something from settlement I did fill out the packet..? Hi I was recently employed by dollar general I worked there approximately 2 weeks. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /AA 5 0 R That doesn't count the times that if we were unable to clock in on time.We didn't get an adjustment. /Type /Page endobj and I can prove the 2 hours and a few minutes (what appears up to the beginning of sept) using their compass system, so what about the rest of it going back to may? /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] With the exception of some upper management positions, the employer must pay overtime to workers who work more than forty hours per week. << ago. /Count 2 /Type /Page L.A. landlord sues over eviction law, seeking $100 million - Los As an Assistant manager your not suppose to run the store alone ever, corporate policy. The penalties under California off-the-clock work law, for example, are up to $200 per worker for every pay period during which off-the-clock work was performed. even if it takes up to 14 minutes to take care of the transaction; when I clock back out 1-14 minutes later, the time clock rounds that to 15 minutes past the hour. /Type /Page I worked with a friend.. I can provide the schedules I worked as I kept them. US Department of Transportation Overtime Pay Lawsuits For Telecommuting Jobs. Avvo has 97% of all lawyers in the US. /StructParents 4 Unpaid overtime law: Off-the-clock, employee - Class Action Lawsuits /URI (https://www.classaction.org/news/dollar-general-clocked-with-unpaid-wage-class-action) Forcing other employees to work harder to compensate for the lack of staff. /Resources 137 0 R This Dollar Tree wage and hour lawsuit also claims the company has set up its bonus program so that bonus compensation wont be taken into consideration in determining overtime wages. Do we disclose any information to outside parties? /StructParents 8 No response from corporate. /Contents [48 0 R 49 0 R 50 0 R] /Type /Page In fact, a number of our attorneys previously worked for large national law firms and graduated from top law schools, including Harvard, University of Michigan, UCLA, and USC. When I asked for time off my District manager refused to allow the time off. /F1 180 0 R I believe I can be a part of this lawsuit. now let say each employee makes min wage (we know they make more) 7.25 x 18,634.5 = 135,100. dollars. wouldn't be around much longer so she quit along with one of my cashiers. /Type /Page /Type /Page stream endobj /Type /Metadata /Type /Page << >> The event of a lawsuit, an employer should not rely on a defense that the employee agreed to violate the FLSA by working without pay. a day. Number of wage and hour lawsuits for back pay continues to rise, with considerable focus on failure to pay employees for overtime hours. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. /Contents [83 0 R 84 0 R 85 0 R] /StructParents 13 To personalize your experience (your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs), To improve our website (we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you, To improve customer service (your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs). A large portion of my lunch is spent walking from the break room to the cash register to see what the cashier needs. endobj /Contents [123 0 R 124 0 R 125 0 R] break without having to do a key turn or getting on register to do a return or just back up the other cashier do to customer flow. 30 0 obj /Annots [] Read This Now! I would travel and didnt get traveling pay for miles. Dollar General Clocked with Unpaid Wage Class Action 16 0 obj An employee who has been working off-the-clock is often illegal, an attorney may be able to help you file a claim for back pay, understand whether covered by the FLSA or answer questions about the rights as a worker. /Parent 11 0 R I want you dollar store employees to know that you are lining the pockets of the share holders and that is WRONG!!! You do not get paid for those 8hrs and if somebody calls out, and you do not have an extra person to cover, you are going in and working more hrs for free. /Annots [] I am a plaintiff in the Dollar tree class action lawsuit. Employers should take steps to ensure that all employees, including supervisors, understand what constitutes actually report all time worked. /Tabs /S The company has a rule that a worker may not clock in more than seven minutes in advance of a shift or clock out more than seven minutes after a shift end. To determine whether you are eligible for filing a wage claim against Dollar General, contact our experienced overtime pay lawyers at (855) 754-2795 for a free consultation. /A << /Type /Page She refused to give me my breaks or lunch on time days I didnt get lunch when working up 7 or 8 hours . /Kids [39 0 R] gsoM gV4'sk?xns0, I worked for Dollar General for 5 yrs. If I hadnt picked up the manager, Ive been sitting in the parking lot for a whole shift doing nothing. Only to get a call from my Freight manager, that he needed me to pick him up. What information do we collect? >> So let's say that each employee is expect to work through there lunch (30 min) and manager keys a lunch break in that equals 18,634.5 hours. Unloading trucks, working all night to stock. We also pay all court fees and litigation expenses so it literally costs you nothing to get started. >> This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. I am overworked and bout ready to drop this is ridiculous especially with a company that keeps building stores and not enough workers to work them!! >> /I0 178 0 R endobj You can find a more detailed description of various rights organized below by subject. Countless hours off the clock to keep the store recovered and seasonal put out. This Dollar Tree Wage and Hour Lawsuit is Case No. >> An employer in violation of the law by allowing for unpaid, work off-the-clock, or ignoring the activity and not paying the time, rather than communicating where and when the work should take place, is in violation of FLSA law. Sadly it happens everywhere. /Subtype /Type1 /Type /Page Back in 2014, there was a public-entity lunch break case that highlighted a worker's right to spend his or her lunch break uninterrupted. Transmission of the information on this site does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. All Rights Reserved. /S /URI Employers may find that they must limit employee access to technology to control overtime.
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