/Parent 8 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] >> >> This new manager is making employees clock out and then count down their tilts . /Resources 152 0 R >> This is a frequent thing for DG. << Constantly could not maintain a full staff. /Parent 8 0 R Employer direct request is considered due cause. Top Class << Suffered work is when an employee works extra hours to assist co-workers at the consent of the employer, yet they are unrequired and unpaid. /Type /Pages /Type /Page I had a great Dm and great managers around me. >> /Type /Pages Employers can be forced to pay liquidated damages as remedy as well as civil penalties if found in violation by the court. When a store manager arrived I was asked to train this manager to take the store position. << Scan this QR code to download the app now. /Resources << . I believe I can be a part of this lawsuit. /Group 151 0 R /Tabs /S /AA 5 0 R Can I sue the dollar general for working off the clock Doing so places you under no obligations and does not establish an attorney-client relationship. Also, Dollar Tree allegedly has a practice of rounding down to the nearest 15 minutes. DON'T work for DG, I am a store manager for DG and I am to work tomorrow 12/31/17 with no break at all. Time records can also be kept on timesheets, security logs or software app. 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. The job cost me my first babysitter due to working 98 hour weeks. An employee working unpaid may request back-pay, including compensation for liquidated damages. endobj << endobj /Kids [8 0 R 9 0 R 10 0 R 11 0 R 12 0 R 13 0 R] Unpaid preparation is classified as pre-work act such as truck warming, loading, transferring of equipment or worksite preparation, are scenarios where a worker is at times off-the-clock. WE GOT ROBBED, YES I SAID ROBBED, HELD UP AT GUN POINT, DISTRICT MANAGER JOESPH, DIDNT EVEN ANSWER THE PHONE. California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance >> 44 0 obj /Type /Page a day. Time tracking software can help if coordinated with actual work processes on the job. /Type /Page Great company.I am already part of this law suit for the 15 hours a week I worked off the clock as a key and asst. It is a major problem statewide. Employees may check email or phone messages, or otherwise perform work in the evenings, on weekends, or even while on vacation. endobj I worked 70+ hours a week for 6 months. 19 0 obj 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. 14 0 obj The court denied the hourly employees' request to be considered as a class in 2011 but settled the cases of 26 of the plaintiffs individually in 2013 . I worked from October 2015 till December 22, 2016 with zero vacation time used. 5 0 obj << I came in December for a second shift and was told HR was terminating me, told her okay. We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information. New cases and investigations, settlement deadlines, and news straight to your inbox. It was horrible but I needed my job to help with my family and bills. Executive, administrative, or professional working in specified industries having commission-based contracts. Employees should be clocked in during work. Please complete this form to request a review of your complaint by an attorney. Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site. 11 0 obj Salaried employees must be paid at least $23,660, an employee must fulfill the job duties tests for enumerated exemption. New to ClassAction.org? You must contact the When I was promoted to store manager I was running a store in East Tenn. /Contents [48 0 R 49 0 R 50 0 R] Find the best ones near you. /StructParents 8 We collect information from you when you fill out our contact form. However, while federal laws may allow small increments of off-the-clock work, California law completely prohibits working off the clock. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Oh mercy I have had nothing but problems since the transfer began. Employers may find that they must limit employee access to technology to control overtime. Off-the-Clock Work Laws | Laws about Off-the-Clock Work - Gibbs Law Group One time in order to keep my boss from losing her job I worked from 7 am to 4pm. /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] >> Dollar Tree says that their workers are treated fairly when it comes to rest breaks and meal breaks. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Never fails. Employer can provide activities such as time spent traveling, attending training sessions, answering emails. 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. >> \ALQp /URI (https://www.classaction.org/news/dollar-general-clocked-with-unpaid-wage-class-action) If the employer is intentionally in violation of wage and hour laws, they face far steeper civil penalties. UCLA Labor Center | What is Wage Theft? PDF Beaver V Dollar General - Class Action I would travel and didnt get traveling pay for miles. << >> So, 20 minutes to go get him and back, for a total of 40 minutes. 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!! /Annots [] /Type /Metadata 7 0 obj /I0 178 0 R /Annots [] /XObject << FAQ The DOL awards damages to former employees as a rule of thumb. endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Where an employer requires or allows workers to work overtime, under U.S. law that overtime is usually due compensation. In the lawsuit filed last week in U.S. District Court in Nashville, Mary Clark, a former assistant manager at a Dollar General Store in Moulton, Ala., and Michelle Shannon, a former assistant manager at a store in Cullman, Ala., said they were required or permitted to work off the clock before and after regular shifts. Please download the PDF to view it: Download PDF. >> << 17 0 obj Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site. Do I qualify for the lawsuit? This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline. /F1 175 0 R Capstone Law APC maintains their law office in Los Angeles, California and practices law in the State of California in state and federal courts. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] The best way of avoiding liabilities for overtime work by employees, is to strictly control task times, as well as employee breaks and lunches. /Group 146 0 R I am a plaintiff in the Dollar tree class action lawsuit. /Annots [] 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. Unpaid overtime law: Off-the-clock, employee - Class Action Lawsuits We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. I worked 60 to 80 hrs a week . /S /URI 2:15-cv-00878, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. << /Tabs /S Double liabilities in the form of liquidated damages are the risk employers sustain when exposure is too high. endobj /Contents [158 0 R 159 0 R 160 0 R] Theyll work you full time but have you in the system for part-time smh but I got the management experience. Please enter the information below or call us to speak with Anthony Castillo, Esq. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, and/or update the Privacy Policy modification date below. 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? Hablamos Espaol. /Type /Page /Group 136 0 R 31 0 obj Being required to check or respond to voicemails or emails when you're off the clock. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Top Class Actions is a Proud Member of the American Bar Association, Various Trademarks held by their respective owners. /StructParents 13 /Count 24 endobj << << Disclaimer /Type /Font Paying for unauthorized overtime might be painful, but overtime pay cannot be denied. Was this document helpful? The FLSA regulations literally state that management cannot sit back and accept the benefits of an employees labor without paying for the time. Lawsuits and disputes questions; Personal injury questions; Real estate questions; Traffic tickets questions; Wills and estates questions; I do take one day off, don't care if DG likes it or not. /StructParents 21 I started dollar tree in 2017 o work for dollar general for four and a half year and quitt after the manager they hired wanted me to take an extra 15 minutes i refused and when i filled out the application for dollar tree the dm at the time told me that she had fired her from dollar tree because she was taking time away from the employees and on the other hand i started at dollar tree in 2017 and i have worked off the clock many of times and im an asm Ive been told that because of my age that i cant do my job that i cant stock the shelves when we have stockers to do that job. Performing job duties during lunch breaks. 15 0 obj 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. /Type /Font >> >> 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. Additionally, because of long lines while waiting to clock in or clock out, workers were cheated from pay they should have received, Terry says. Yes i believe such thing like this because here in PA they have done the same thing. OCgXNezZYer1 now let say each employee makes min wage (we know they make more) 7.25 x 18,634.5 = 135,100. dollars. /I0 176 0 R your claim status, claim form or questions about when payments are Just want to tell people. /Parent 8 0 R 37 0 obj The lawsuit alleges the following violations against Dollar General: not paying all overtime wages; failing to calculate the regular rate of pay properly, for purposes of paying overtime; not paying at least minimum wages for all hours worked (relating to hours worked off-the-clock); Camp Lejeune residents now have the opportunity to claim compensation for harm suffered from contaminated water. I transferred to a new location. I worked at Dollar tree here in Tempe Az was one of the employees that came in off clock to stock because we had so many items in the back he over order . /I0 181 0 R Unfortunately I had family issues and had to move back to Minnesota. /Resources << And was never compensated for any of it. 1 0 obj It feels like a blessing just to get a full 30 min. 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. 42 0 obj August 04, 2006. Working Off The Clock: Is It Legal & All You Need To Know - Homebase The act of awaiting work when the job is not yet available. /Resources << << /Tabs /S The Company store support center is located in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. /Annots [47 0 R] << /F1 180 0 R >> /StructParents 23 Im apart of this lawsuit I want to know how to get payment please get on contact with me. 33 0 obj Privacy Policy. But plaintiffs dont agree that policies are fair. A person called me and told me all the keys to punch in the register, regarding MyVanilla and another pre-paid, and the store lost money. Despite such good intentions, employees cannot choose to decline the protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and employers cannot refuse to pay. Oh she had reasons. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License 2023 Online Legal Media. >> 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. We will discuss your situation and determine if you have a claim. But as I'm reading everyone's comments about Dollar general I have never seen so much complaints. 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. /Group 66 0 R 21 0 obj If an employee is working on a project and not completed, might take home and work from there without counting the hours. /Group 131 0 R Dollar General Is Under Fire for Doing This, Ex-Employee Claims << /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 2 0 obj 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. /Parent 8 0 R Dollar General Store Faces Unpaid Wages Class Action Lawsuit Never fails. I gave her the keys, came home wrote the CEO of the corporation. Taking the responsibility to ensure that employees are working at times clearly set by policies, as well as training supervisors, and limiting access to technology are recommendations to meeting workplace best practices under FLSA. manager, they didnt want us with 40hours saying it went by store sales, They wanted store manager in the store because they was on salary. Working Off the Clock: Everything You Need to Know - UpCounsel >> >> 8#0B"HdFK;G/jvIR &|O4cBy,`,i1%N;ro W"gw~k> $daXL%HWtzmt]f}ig{^,CK?SL^UYuY`by+tzn I trained her to do her position, as she also received help from other store managers. I engaged into the lawsuit that was going on for unpaid wages and have heard nothing back. US Department of Transportation Overtime Pay Lawsuits For Telecommuting Jobs. /Parent 8 0 R When an employee becomes unhappy at work or is terminated, that is when generally see a lawsuit filed. Hourly employees reported they were forced to work "off the clock" and had their pay records altered, according to a separate wage theft lawsuit filed in New York District Court in 2006. 22 0 obj >> /Pages 3 0 R /StructParents 18 I took my so called lunch break, I was interrupted as usual to do a return. /Group 76 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] With the exception of some upper management positions, the employer must pay overtime to workers who work more than forty hours per week. /Contents [168 0 R] Working off the clock is illegal under both federal and California labor laws. Some days I didnt have help to process trucks and my son and fiance had to come help me. >> >> /PageMode /UseNone @]r9j/r2sb+}G*%vs7 &]b5.X8^[y+gx!ZaSEP[gh|H:00w[O2,_LG-49=bsMq)nGV3,Z /Parent 8 0 R In essence, the plaintiff claims that instead of giving workers proper overtime pay as is required by law, Dollar Tree pays them a nondiscretionary bonus. Not to mention to take him home after the shift. >> /Resources 137 0 R /Parent 8 0 R I thought the other 2 assistants are suppose to share closes. /Tabs /S 3 0 obj I can provide the schedules I worked as I kept them. They gave me my last check but tell me I have to contact ap for my milage pay but ap didnt promise me pay my DM did and I shouldnt have to hunt down my money. (gI?zX]?woR'`{XAx$u7KX85g}mOu:gKp6/{1[z*4cCG"*k(xjycjmO4w`c1V,k0FEX\4,m`$N5Q2^-P|T(v.?ILI];_D)IMpvR"Q, Beaver et al v. Dollar General Corporation - 1:17-cv-01014. I received my unemployment after they asked for 2 hearings because she was exposed for unfairly firing me. /Count 1 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. Fair Labor Standards Act: Everything You Need to Know. >> 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. GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. Dollar General employees are often required to work double shifts and work additional time before and after their scheduled shift. Do we disclose any information to outside parties? 12 0 obj WOW!!!. Also, Dollar Tree allegedly has a practice of rounding down to the nearest 15 minutes. I feel it was unjust to beef let go like that after everything I had done for the store after being put in a position and just left to deal with things on my own. I worked for Dollar General for 3 years. >> I worked off the clock all the time and yes my time was changed to 1015 everytime I closed the store and I went to the bank for the manager on my off days and when I was scheduled to close that night. As a store manager, you are paid for a 40hr work week. Time recording is the most important element of accountability. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business. I've been with dollar general 1 1/2 months after being away from retail for 9 years. /StructParents 2 Even on a 30 min break it's the same thing which Dollar general is taking out of my pay for a hour lunch break and I'm not getting a hour break because I have to help the cashier because they don't have keys and can't get there own change or do there own key turns.and this has been going on since I have been there maybe a couple of times I have worked it was a key with me but the majority of the 2yrs and some months its been with a cashier.i work at store number 14458 in Columbus Ga and just found out that I should be paid for this. << 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. /Annots [] And I also cannot collect unemployment? 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). Court Decertifies Class in Dollar General Wage and Hour Lawsuit The availability of laptops, smartphones and other devices now let employees carry the office around in their pockets. /Tabs /S endobj 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. All Rights Reserved. /Type /Page Last straw was when my Dm announced one of my asst. /Parent 10 0 R To be exempt from overtime, an employee must be paid a salary. When you are working all those hours all the time you forget to get clocked in or or after a long 13 hours. This was done as a means of avoiding paying the workers overtime wages, the lawsuit claims. >> /Type /Page I took it and my keys, sick and was treated like a lowlife even though over the past 5 years I may have called in sick a handful of times. /Annots [] >> /Tabs /S I was manager for 4 years and she was our DM for about 3 months. >> I am expected to clock in for any help the cashier or a customer may need. 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.
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