Also, Dollar Tree allegedly has a practice of rounding down to the nearest 15 minutes. /Type /Page Yes i believe such thing like this because here in PA they have done the same thing. /F1 169 0 R PDF Beaver V Dollar General - Class Action WE GOT ROBBED, YES I SAID ROBBED, HELD UP AT GUN POINT, DISTRICT MANAGER JOESPH, DIDNT EVEN ANSWER THE PHONE. /Tabs /S She refused to give me my breaks or lunch on time days I didnt get lunch when working up 7 or 8 hours . Dollar Tree claims that their bonus pay is discretionary and not always awarded. your claim status, claim form or questions about when payments are Each week in was paid 160.00 under the table I received no pay stubs or anything. /Subtype /Type1 endobj 21 0 obj >> Low payroll hours to operate a store that is open from 8am - 10pm 7 days a week. /Resources 167 0 R Unpaid Wages Lawsuit: Time Required for Work - LawyersAndSettlements.com Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. 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 . It feels like a blessing just to get a full 30 min. It would be nice if the C E O of Dollar Tree would come and work in some of his stores, So he can Understand and feel what employees feel, like the Undercover Boss!!!!! Employee Representative Action Against Dollar General | Dollar General I asked for 3 days in a row off it was refused. Workers at Vermont carwash (pictured above) are now unionized thanks to the CLEAN Carwash Campaign. /Contents [53 0 R 54 0 R 55 0 R] It was refused. /BS << Transmission of the information on this site does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. /Type /Page >> If I was entitled to the hours worked off the clock I could probably take a year long furlow to regain my health. I havent heard anything since. /Contents [68 0 R 69 0 R 70 0 R] FLSA does not provide a definition of work, but the term generally includes all time when the employee is acting under the direction or control of the employer, or is acting primarily for the benefit of the employer. FLSA prohibits employees working off-the-clock without due cause. 48 0 obj /Contents [148 0 R 149 0 R 150 0 R] /Parent 8 0 R /Group 141 0 R /Metadata 6 0 R /Font << I worked 70+ hours a week for 6 months. And was never compensated for any of it. Was this document helpful? /Count 31 We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. Forcing other employees to work harder to compensate for the lack of staff. According to the Department of Labor (DOL), employees must be paid for all extra hours worked, including working through their lunch break. 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. endobj /Group 61 0 R /Length 10 Employers should take steps to ensure that all employees, including supervisors, understand what constitutes actually report all time worked. /Kids [39 0 R] I was fired by what I consider a conspiracy. Dollar general wouldn't even talk to me about it. Because of this, there are long lines of employees waiting to clock in or clock out. /Font << And you never get undisturbed breaks. When an employee is instructed to rework a project without pay. 27 0 obj 32 0 obj endobj endobj They also claimed they do not have access to my email addresss, which is funny- as I have always been a paperless employee which is how they send my W-2s to me They are also badgering me to return to work, because they want it to appear that i have agreed to accept their insulting 2 hours of pay, that isnt even accurate to what I can actually prove. Fixed the issue and no one works 10-20 min off the clock anymore. << stream Perdue's Time as Dollar General CEO Marked by Charges of Wage Theft When an employee becomes unhappy at work or is terminated, that is when generally see a lawsuit filed. We partner with local counsel when needed in litigation outside California. 5 minutes to the bank is actually 10 minutes. /I0 181 0 R I recently quit dollar General as an assistant manager after almost 5 years of working off the clock sometimes til early hours of the morning. fWTTjC#WTSj"0V]@TVk?,2` @!vPIl f^,Jc(ROlb{"D 2HxbEX>n 33 0 obj << Court Decertifies Class in Dollar General Wage and Hour Lawsuit endobj I took over a store that was under staffed and impacted. /XObject << >> << Once I had the store turned around and profitable(#2 in district) and had my customer connect numbers in the top 10 in the region my Dm started firing my employees. /Annots [] /Resources 72 0 R 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. /Type /Pages /S /S Yes, mandatory overtime is legal, but if an employer doesn't pay their employees for working off the clock, the employees can file a lawsuit for unpaid wages against their employer, which can be costly . << Off-The-Clock Work Can Trigger Lawsuit 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. Salaried employees must be paid at least $23,660, an employee must fulfill the job duties tests for enumerated exemption. endobj 19 0 obj >> /F1 180 0 R /Contents [63 0 R 64 0 R 65 0 R] working off the clock! Privacy Policy | break but i get docked for it. Not to mention to take him home after the shift. >> We will discuss your situation and determine if you have a claim. endobj /Type /Outlines Never fails. The lawsuits against BMW and Dollar General claim that the companies used "blinkered" or incorrect tests in their hiring process, which resulted in disproportionate screening of applicants. Both circumstances could be a violation of the FLSA. 1875 Century Park East, Suite 1000 I told her no HR said they were terminating me, but I didn't quit. Los Angeles, CA 90067 30 0 obj Dollar General recently announced it will install about 40,000 sneeze guards and provide employees with gloves across its stores, the company told NBC News. 47 0 obj They were treating me like a regular worker instead of manager I did stocking my first 3 days instead of proper assistant manager training . endobj Even went to the store in my pjs sick once to resolve a customer issue. /Annots [] Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older. << /Resources 142 0 R /StructParents 2 Dollar General Clocked with Unpaid Wage Class Action Dollar General Lawsuits - Law Fem /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] When you are working all those hours all the time you forget to get clocked in or or after a long 13 hours. /StructParents 14 Two former employees have filed a proposed class action that claims defendant Dollar General Corporation required them and similarly situated individuals to work off the clock, yet failed to pay them minimum or overtime wages. This is still happening and happened in Illinois as well for years and was literally just changed so how do we go about including Illinois and all the DC3 associates in this lawsuit as it has not only happened in California but here in Illinois as well? Recently, a California judge granted class certification to this group, even after defendant Dollar Tree Inc. expressed its opposition to the certification for this Dollar Tree wage and hour lawsuit. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] I would travel and didnt get traveling pay for miles. /Group 91 0 R /Tabs /S Then finally she quit by 2014 i had a new manager dec of 2014 i was up for a promotiin to assistant manager when they found out i was pregnant i was told i couldnt get my promotion until i returned from maternity leave because they would have to pay me for my leave so at 33 wks pregnant i had no choice but to take my leave because aa hard as they was making me work i started having pregnancy complications from not being able to take breaks and lunches so i could eat because we were expected to work through them so i was having problems with my sugar levels dropping i was scared if i didnt take leave i was going to lose my baby or we both werent going to make it i was out of work 8 weeks with no pay because i was denied my promotion soon as i returned i was promoted my the hours on my checks were never what i kept track of because the managers would go to send time in and take hours we worked of so they wouldnt go over their allowed schedule hours because if they did they got fussed at by the district manager because the district managers wouldnt recieve their bonuses i asked the district manager about the managers taking our worked hours he told me he would investigate it to my knowledge no investigation was ever done so i called corperate and they told me that it was the district managers responsibility. I feel like theres are always ways to tell when everything is being recorded. Employees who have experienced the same circumstances if an employer has practiced non-payment for off-the-clock work can sue as part of a collective FLSA action. I close every night but 2 nights off. 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. /Type /Page Some days I didnt have help to process trucks and my son and fiance had to come help me. /Contents [103 0 R 104 0 R 105 0 R] Ok I also worked for dollar tree in ga and let me tell you I traveled for them 3 times over 40 miles one way and back and received no pay as I was promised to get paid for the trips so I then refused to travel and they corner me up after having me train my replacement and not telling me anything about it first hem me up and say they have proof I was voiding off things to keep money which is a total lie. Supervisors offer such praise in writing, documenting knowledge of the failure to pay overtime, creating the potential for a knowing or violation. % Working off the clock labor is that which is unpaid or not contributing to overtime pay, and is usually illegal. 28 0 obj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] The net effect of Dollar Generals common plan, policy and practice of not paying plaintiffs and class members for all work performed, including all overtime work performed, was a scheme to save payroll costs and payroll taxes and, stay within its budgeted labor costs for each of its stores, all for which it has unjustly enriched itself and enjoyed ill-gained profits at the expense of plaintiffs and other members of the class, the lawsuit alleges. 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. /Annots [] SOURCE Dollar General Corporation CONTACT: Investor Contact, Emma Jo Kauffman, +1-615-855-5525, or Media Contact, Andrea Ewin Turner, +1-615-855-5209, both of Dollar General Corporation /Tabs /S I worked Family Dollar in New Iberia, La. endobj 10 0 obj I was then told that I should have clocked back in and completed her transaction. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /StructParents 4 I worked 60 to 80 hrs a week . And i think also any where in the US people have gone through the same. /Resources 152 0 R Wal-Mart said on Tuesday that it would pay at least $352 million, and possibly far more, to settle lawsuits across the country claiming that it forced employees to work off the clock.. She ended up being terminated for missing class and not returning to the store because she was sick with diabetes. I do take one day off, don't care if DG likes it or not. /Type /Page Due to integration of the FLSA in most state labor law, U.S. employee rights are protected insofar that they must be paid the minimum wage, as well as overtime, and the same compensatory or insurance benefits as other workers in the same role. endstream 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. As part of our commitment to social justice, our firm supports public policy, educational campaigns and legislative efforts to secure and expand the rights of consumers and working people. In 2017, TJ Maxx was ordered to pay $8.5 million to California workers in a meal break case. >> Whatever the forum or venue, Capstone Law invests the time and resources necessary to vigorously prosecute its cases. Supervisors play a critical role because employees will most likely ask them whether after-hours work should be recorded on a timecard. /StructParents 15 >> Lawsuits can be collective as well. /Annots [] endobj This Dollar Tree Wage and Hour Lawsuit is Case No. >> ul trvK` I$=IXLb/HV7+2^x% /Resources 52 0 R /Annots [47 0 R] /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 Then manager. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); 2022 Overtime Pay Laws, All Rights Reserved | Call (757) 278-0364 For Free Case Review | Privacy Policy | Disclaimer. >> Can anyone do anything about this over this way. Common examples of off-the-clock work violations include: Unpaid pre-shift and post-shift work such as: Attending meetings or training, or; Performing opening and closing tasks. Paymail ignores you as well when you request them. Find the best ones near you. endobj I was manager for 4 years and she was our DM for about 3 months. 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. An employer is also generally obliged to pay a worker whose work is suffered. This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline. endobj << << I also worked for this Company as an ASM, I didn't get meal breaks and I also worked sis days a week sometimes opening and closing the store. Two former employees have filed a proposed class action that claims defendant Dollar General Corporation required them to work off the clock without proper overtime. 2 members' "off the clock" claims are unified through a common theory of FLSA . Because of this, Terry says, he and other members of this Class have been cheated out of pay that was due them. We had another assistant go into her position when I did and we were left to run a store not knowing what we were doing completely. There is absolutely no cost to you to submit this form. /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] 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. /Contents [168 0 R] << Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and other sites on the Internet. There is frequent schedule manipulation, and even claims that there were days I was late or just didnt show up, which is not true at all, and I can prove it with my debit card transactions in adjacent businesses while i was waiting for a key-holder to show up. Sometimes employees are happy to work a little extra because they like their job, or receive some side perks, but when something goes wrong, and theyre not so happy, they start calling attorneys. >> /Resources << /F1 172 0 R manager. Now they refuse to pay me I still havent recieved any money they claim it was sent out after two weeks no income I quit which I was told by an employee thats what they wanted me to do so they didnt turn in my payroll on time nor my paperless account so it could go in direct deposit so its been 4 weeks and Im still not payed and they are trying to deny my unemployment telling them I quit. Upon my first promotion to a key position, I was told by my manager that I was to stay on store premises and be available during my, "off the clock" lunch. /Tabs /S I make less than a dollar more then a cashier. SavageScorp1on 7 mo. /Contents [108 0 R 109 0 R 110 0 R] and our I don't plan on suing them for 19 hours of free labor but I do plan on stopping them from continue to practice their business this way. Want to File an Unpaid Internship Overtime Pay Lawsuit? /Parent 8 0 R An unpaid wages lawsuit seeking class action status (case number 3:13-cv-02698-MEM) has been filed against Amazon Inc., alleging employees at the company's facility in Pennsylvania were. Plaintiffs and class Case 1:17-cv-01014 Document 1 Filed 01/20/17 Page 1 of 24 PageID 1. drug injury lawsuits and product liability lawsuits. Thomas denied that misconduct and said she told the employees to take the computer training "off the clock." /Tabs /S Because of this, it should not be included in the regular rate of pay. Of your sm see you worked off the clock and does not add that time to your pay they can be fired. Scan this QR code to download the app now. /Contents [177 0 R] /Annots [] endobj This browser does not support PDFs. Changes to our Privacy Policy In the form of being scheduled in earlier than opening managers, and not having time adjustments, and the few that I filled out myself have vanished. 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. Top Class Actions is a legal news source 34 0 R 35 0 R 36 0 R 37 0 R] 25 0 obj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] << I worked many more hours that I was paid for. /Parent 8 0 R ClassAction.org is a group of online professionals (designers, developers and writers) with years of experience in the legal industry. Also, Dollar Tree allegedly has a practice of rounding down to the nearest 15 minutes. endobj /BaseFont /Times-Bold We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information. Additionally, because of long lines while waiting to clock in or clock out, workers were cheated from pay they should have received, Terry says. << Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site. 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. Making sure that employees are informed of break and lunch times reduces off-the-clock work errors. Started out as a cashier and ended as a store Manager. 16 0 obj << Employers expect employees to work or at least to be available after hours. Featured review. and I started out as cashier and ended up as Store Manager, I have a lot to say, I worked numerous hrs without overtime pay, use vacation hrs to save payroll and worked off the clock. /Annots [] /Type /Page 38 0 obj /Tabs /S 26 0 obj /Group 161 0 R THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP, I NO LONGER WORO OFF THE CLOCK AND IT WAS FIXED, NOW ALL EMPLOYEES CLOCK OUT BEFORE WE SET ALARMS AND LEAVE. endstream In his ruling, the Judge wrote, Dollar Tree also claims that the actual work does not resume until several minutes after a shift is scheduled to begin, and that no employees have been subject to discipline for clocking in precisely at the start of the shift, or within five minutes thereafter.. 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. 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. Cautious employers are more likely to exercise control over off-the-clock work, and subsequently, prevent work that will be unpaid from occurring. Dollar General Store Faces Unpaid Wages Class Action Lawsuit << Do we disclose any information to outside parties? /Contents [113 0 R 114 0 R 115 0 R] 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. /Group 66 0 R Some states have labor code penalties that apply if employers are mandating or reaping the benefits of off-the-clock work. << Lawsuits and disputes questions; Personal injury questions; Real estate questions; Traffic tickets questions; Wills and estates questions; I engaged into the lawsuit that was going on for unpaid wages and have heard nothing back. Off-the-clock work may happen when an employee is not tracking their time spent on work activities, but their employer allows it to happen. /Title (Beaver et al v. Dollar General Corporation - 1:17-cv-01014) PDF Serving Others: Dollar General'S Code of Business Conduct and Ethics << /Tabs /S /StructParents 19 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. /XObject << /Tabs /S 13 0 obj You can find a more detailed description of various rights organized below by subject. /F2 46 0 R This is a frequent thing for DG. << The employees are exempt from overtime, this is not a problem because they get the same salary every week, regardless of the total hours worked for employees entitled to overtime, any work performed must be counted and paid. /Annots [] /Resources << /Annots [] FAQ /Count 24 I worked an average 55 plus hours for 4 years and was quickly dismissed and ignored by this company. >> endobj I emailed my DM yesterday and still no reponce about my meal break. I want you dollar store employees to know that you are lining the pockets of the share holders and that is WRONG!!! wouldn't be around much longer so she quit along with one of my cashiers. /StructParents 16 Hire the top business lawyers and save up to 60% on legal fees. Capstone Law has the talent, experience, financial resources and depth of knowledge to successfully litigate the most complex and challenging cases against the countrys largest corporations when they ignore labor laws and workplace protections, make deceptive claims, violate privacy protections, or sell defective products and services. 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. At Capstone Law APC, we believe that employees should be treated fairly, consumers should get what they pay for, and rights should be protected even when someone cannot afford a lawyer. /Tabs /S /Type /Page /Resources 157 0 R 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? endobj Employers often deny or unlawfully refuse to pay overtime by misclassifying the positions of the workers, requiring them to report to work early but not punch the clock until later, striking hours off time cards, or not paying them for work before the shift starts and after the employee punches out for the day. Please enter the information below or call us to speak with Anthony Castillo, Esq. I have signed agreements with a law firm and have heard nothing from them. Tennessee . << Certain employees are considered " exempt . 29 0 obj If an employer does not communicate an expectation for after-hours work, supervisors may give the impression that such effort is expected. /Parent 9 0 R Executive, administrative, or professional working in specified industries having commission-based contracts. >> endobj endobj Employees can be subject to discipline for working unauthorized overtime, even if employees voluntarily work after hours and should understand that the time worked must be recorded and that failing to record their time isnt helping the company. Privacy Policy. /Parent 8 0 R /Type /Page 40 minutes taken out of every shift all winter long and not to be paid for it, I dont know what Im supposed to do. Investigator tells me I quit. 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. Last September I was left at work for 4 hours while having a heart attack! /Kids [8 0 R 9 0 R 10 0 R 11 0 R 12 0 R 13 0 R] /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] endobj Because she was new they denied me taking time off. /Kids [42 0 R 43 0 R] I am a plaintiff in the Dollar tree class action lawsuit. However, while federal laws may allow small increments of off-the-clock work, California law completely prohibits working off the clock.

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