Scan this QR code to download the app now. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] It wasnt until I brought department of labor into it that they finally acknowledged me. Some states have labor code penalties that apply if employers are mandating or reaping the benefits of off-the-clock work. /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] 26 0 obj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Resources 147 0 R I applied for unemployment. >> How do we use our Code? Time recording is the most important element of accountability. Your Consent /Parent 8 0 R /StructParents 20 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 . 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!! The United States Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), is legislation designed to protect workers in most states. endobj Each store employee's roughly 6 (6x12,423=74,538) This is a rough estimate. break but i get docked for it. 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 dn 0zm\wt#5F++kt?f?( TPoY>#i=+Mcnq_Em>/\uE/2Do endobj I came in December for a second shift and was told HR was terminating me, told her okay. So I didnt get to start my shift for 40 minutes yet did not get compensated for that. Avvo has 97% of all lawyers in the US. /Parent 12 0 R /Resources 127 0 R He claims that Dollar Trees time clock rules ensured that workers received a shorter break than should be allowed them by law. /StructParents 0 Employees should be clocked in during work. After my transfer the store manager was to train in class. Since I had 2 asst. Employee Representative Action Against Dollar General | Dollar General The act of awaiting work when the job is not yet available. Constantly could not maintain a full staff. 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. Employers can be forced to pay liquidated damages as remedy as well as civil penalties if found in violation by the court. >> Certain employees are considered " exempt . 37 0 obj Employers should be advised that liquidated damages awards are equal to the amount that would be owed in unpaid earnings. %PDF-1.5 Online Privacy Policy Only /BS << 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. /Group 156 0 R >> >> I transferred to a new location. The FLSA regulations literally state that management cannot sit back and accept the benefits of an employees labor without paying for the time. 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. What is going on??? Please enter the information below or call us to speak with Anthony Castillo, Esq. We also pay all court fees and litigation expenses so it literally costs you nothing to get started. I would go in early and stay late to help with freight. 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. By submitting this form I agree to the Terms of Service. x+ | It feels like a blessing just to get a full 30 min. It was me. wouldn't be around much longer so she quit along with one of my cashiers. She insisted I go to bank every day before 2, then used it to fire me because she was angry over over not getting her bonus. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Yes (Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computers hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. /Type /Pages /Contents [158 0 R 159 0 R 160 0 R] I thought the other 2 assistants are suppose to share closes. I just found out my boss was putting in meal breaks in the system when me and other key holders did not take a meal break. /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 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. /Contents [153 0 R 154 0 R 155 0 R] xSMO@_17..Po~'&L0-n}w-j7y3&l*%x&tm3 47 0 obj endobj Dollar General - working off the clock! - ComplaintsBoard.com /Count 2 This went on all last winter. Read more here: Camp Lejeune Lawsuit Claims. /Tabs /S 1875 Century Park East, Suite 1000 17 0 obj /Type /Page 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. >> Make sure you are keeping accurate record of the actual hours you are working. >> /Parent 8 0 R stream /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] /Group 151 0 R 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. 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.. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] >> << 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. 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. /Resources 112 0 R a day. endobj Employers expect employees to work or at least to be available after hours. Countless hours off the clock to keep the store recovered and seasonal put out. Hablamos Espaol. Before commenting, please review our comment policy. 44 0 obj /Subtype /XML Working off the clock is illegal under both federal and California labor laws. Merely paying the employee back-wages is less expensive and litigious than the threat of lawsuit. I was left go just before Christmas being told I stole hours, and asked how they could even prove that I was there at those times. /Annots [] /StructParents 17 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. /Annots [] Therefore, the pay period cannot be reduced on basis of quantity or quality of work performed. An employer is also generally obliged to pay a worker whose work is suffered. /Tabs /S >> I work any where from 50 to 70 hours a week. >> But plaintiffs dont agree that policies are fair. << /Group 121 0 R 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. /Group 66 0 R /Length 484 << >> I want you dollar store employees to know that you are lining the pockets of the share holders and that is WRONG!!! /Type /Page /Annots [] /Tabs /S Its nothing to work 60 plus hrs a week. endobj Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. You should contact an attorney to provide more information so you can receive more meaningful advise. Fixed the issue and no one works 10-20 min off the clock anymore. /StructParents 2 Dollar Tree claims that their bonus pay is discretionary and not always awarded. When a store manager arrived I was asked to train this manager to take the store position. It is a major problem statewide. But as I'm reading everyone's comments about Dollar general I have never seen so much complaints. Email: info@capstonelawyers.com 11 0 obj endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 22 0 obj ul trvK` I$=IXLb/HV7+2^x% I would like to be involved in this lawsuit. /Group 161 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] In Starbucks case, California court says workers owed for off-the-clock For more information, please see our Because of this, there are long lines of employees waiting to clock in or clock out. 29 0 obj 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. I worked Family Dollar in New Iberia, La. /Type /Page << /Contents [123 0 R 124 0 R 125 0 R] 46 0 obj /Type /Catalog >> I took my so called lunch break, I was interrupted as usual to do a return. /Parent 3 0 R << Dollar General Overtime Pay Lawsuit | Get Paid Overtime Dollar General In fact, they claim, the production line is stopped for over 30 minutes for lunch breaks, which is more than the mandated time. /Contents [179 0 R] << Court Decertifies Class in Dollar General Wage and Hour Lawsuit 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. /Resources << endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] << 32 0 obj I was a SM for DG and was just fired last week due to not chasing, Hi my name is Brenda Reed I have worked for Dollar General for six and a half years I just got fired on Friday for leadership and I worked over 70 the 80 hours a week for this company day in and day out and I was a store manager had no lunches had no brakes I open to close and this is the way I get treated I got hurt last year they made me take my vacation and use it for my pay instead of them paying me because I got hurt on the job and had workman's comp made me miss doctor's appointments in my therapist if you can call me please let me know. /Resources 62 0 R After doing a return a customer came over to the register and asked if I was opening, I replied " that no I would not be opening because I was on break", I then went back outside to finish my break. A former employee or current one can file a lawsuit for unpaid wages. /Parent 12 0 R endobj and our /StructParents 8 Of your sm see you worked off the clock and does not add that time to your pay they can be fired. That doesn't count the times that if we were unable to clock in on time.We didn't get an adjustment. >> Executive, administrative, or professional working in specified industries having commission-based contracts. I would travel and didnt get traveling pay for miles. /S /URI Privacy Policy | endstream endobj /F1 45 0 R << /Tabs /S /Contents [93 0 R 94 0 R 95 0 R] /Type /Page I currently work for DG in the Dallas Texas area as an assistant store manager and my store is always busy. >> /Type /Page I worked 70+ hours a week for 6 months. I worked with a friend.. /Contents [174 0 R] /Contents [171 0 R] /A << The FLSA requires that employees be paid for all work, even if the work was not specifically requested. 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. I suppose to had 38.5 hrs last week and ended up with 34.5 because she put in meal breaks that wasn't suppose to be. /Kids [38 0 R] I asked for 3 days in a row off it was refused. /Tabs /S /Resources 67 0 R She ended up being terminated for missing class and not returning to the store because she was sick with diabetes. 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. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj administrator or law firm. 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. Employer direct request is considered due cause. /Count 1 We believe that these are violations of California's Labor Code, and we also believe that these violations occurred on a systematic basis to Dollar General employees. I worked for Dollar General in Mississippi would like paperwork for class action I was told if I resigned I would not get paid for vacation I also had to stay on premises for breaks. 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. Altering shift times is common way of working off-the-clock, as well as working during lunch breaks. /Filter /FlateDecode All Rights Reserved. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy. >> This comes from a California Supreme Court ruling in an off-the clock work lawsuit. Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site. << Lawsuit for working off the clock. : r/DollarGeneral /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Paymail ignores you as well when you request them. Investigator tells me I quit. But to DG customers come first and employees are replaceable. /Parent 8 0 R Supervisors play a critical role because employees will most likely ask them whether after-hours work should be recorded on a timecard. I work on my breaks because we cannot have people waiting. worked 38 hours setting u new store, paystub shows 7,75! endobj /Outlines 2 0 R /PageMode /UseNone A man from Ocean County, New Jersey, just filed a lawsuit against Dollar General Corporation, NJ.com reported on May 21. endobj /XObject << 15 0 obj >> 16 0 obj /Filter /FlateDecode Former Employees Sue Dollar General | AP News 39 0 obj 34 0 obj I signed paperwork to receive my claim and was told I would hear from them soon as it was mailed. Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways: Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email. >> >> Sadly it happens everywhere. /I0 173 0 R /Contents [138 0 R 139 0 R 140 0 R] I've been with dollar general 1 1/2 months after being away from retail for 9 years. /Type /Page I have contacted dollar general hr and i was never on their payroll or have permission to do a lay out. I had to take this test at home which was anywhere from 3 to 5 hours. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 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. California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance, Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance. Terms and Conditions. If you were forced to work off the clock or without overtime pay within the past 3 years in California, you have rights and you dont have to take on the company alone. >> This Dollar Tree wage and hour lawsuit is seeking to certify a Class of hundreds of Dollar Tree distribution center employees who claim that they have been shortchanged on pay and that the companys system of clocking meal and rest breaks is unfair and cheats them of time that should be spent for break time. Similarly, an employer may request an employee perform work duties off the clock. /Count 2 . /Annots [] /Annots [] /I0 183 0 R /Contents [168 0 R] Shift control is key to limiting overtime. /Contents [143 0 R 144 0 R 145 0 R] endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] FLSA prohibits employees working off-the-clock without due cause. /Group 56 0 R >> Find the best ones near you. Capstone Law APC does not seek to represent any individual based solely on that individuals visit to this website. Put it application, manager hired me under the table, had me doing the work that the other employees wouldn't do, for way less pay. /Kids [40 0 R 41 0 R] Theyll work you full time but have you in the system for part-time smh but I got the management experience. /Contents [182 0 R] And was never compensated for any of it. The statute of limitations is customarily two (2) years, yet employers are liable three (3) years for intentional violation of FLSA wage and hour laws. 33 0 obj Was this document helpful? Want to File an Unpaid Internship Overtime Pay Lawsuit? I've went from 130 pounds to 108 due to the stress, overworked, and lack of proper uninterrupted lunches due me according to dg policy. 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. 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. /Resources << Even went to the store in my pjs sick once to resolve a customer issue. PDF Serving Others: Dollar General'S Code of Business Conduct and Ethics The FLSA states that work that is off-the-clock is the same as overtime not compensated by an employer at a standard hourly wage. There are 12,423 Stores. When you work at dollar general everybody needs to take the etips test for selling liquor. Hire the top business lawyers and save up to 60% on legal fees. Lawsuit Claims Dollar General Saves Money, Jips Employees - Class Action Employers could easily recognize who was working late because the employees had to stay in the building to continue working. endobj They never paid us for taking these tests at home or the hours to do it. endobj /Contents [133 0 R 134 0 R 135 0 R] I havent heard anything since. /Group 91 0 R /Type /Pages 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. This was done as a means of avoiding paying the workers overtime wages, the lawsuit claims. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Resources 107 0 R Acting in "good faith" means that you provide all the information you have and you believe it to be . /Type /Page 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. Every night at closing I was told to clock out at 10:15pm and continue working that was 45 free mins. I was fired by my DM for leaving building to go to bank and then sitting in my car to eat.
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