Im apart of this lawsuit I want to know how to get payment please get on contact with me. 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. >> /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding We worked by yourself many times. Plus I don't get any days off if I'm lucky I get one day off a week. Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. << /Filter /FlateDecode I worked at dollar tree in MS and we was paid $7.25 when minimum wage went up and I then became a asst manager and only got paid 8$ and some change. The lawsuit was filed in Tennessee on behalf of all individuals employed by the defendant as key holders, i.e. /Contents [171 0 R] 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. Theyll work you full time but have you in the system for part-time smh but I got the management experience. << /Type /Page He is employed at Dollar Trees Stockton, Calif. distribution center. US Department of Transportation Overtime Pay Lawsuits For Telecommuting Jobs. /Tabs /S /Contents [93 0 R 94 0 R 95 0 R] /StructParents 3 endobj /Parent 8 0 R endobj Because of this, there are long lines of employees waiting to clock in or clock out. Supervisors offer such praise in writing, documenting knowledge of the failure to pay overtime, creating the potential for a knowing or violation. What is taking so long.??? I asked for my vacation time to use it. I worked 60 to 80 hrs a week . 49 0 obj /Resources 112 0 R The LA Times told the story of Los Angeles sanitation workers whose lunch breaks were being unlawfully regulated. 42 0 obj You could just call us free labor . We also pursue our clients claims in arbitration and before administrative agencies. Manager refused to stay after I told her that something is terribly wrong with my health. This is a horrific place to work! 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. /Contents [88 0 R 89 0 R 90 0 R] The previous manager had just been fired. /Type /Page When an employee is instructed to rework a project without pay. Only to get a call from my Freight manager, that he needed me to pick him up. Being required to check or respond to voicemails or emails when you're off the clock. If you are owed unpaid wages, we will represent you under our No Fee Promise, which means there are never any legal fees or costs unless you receive a settlement. If one ever takes a position over cashier they are subject to interrupted breaks, and forced to remain on the property with responsibility for all issues inside that are above the scope of a cashier's duties. >> /Tabs /S /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] I worked at dollar tree and my manager would often times adjust my hours so he wouldnt get in trouble for over time he made me work. /Resources 127 0 R /Kids [8 0 R 9 0 R 10 0 R 11 0 R 12 0 R 13 0 R] /StructParents 8 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. /Parent 8 0 R 26 0 obj 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. We could not get a hold of our District manager per even get her to call us back. /Annots [] Specifically, in both lawsuits against BMW and Dollar General, the EEOC charges that BMW and Dollar General did not take steps to reasonably accommodate . 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. /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] It feels like a blessing just to get a full 30 min. << What are your thoughts, my 3rd week of working. /Annots [] /Resources 122 0 R U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England told Law360 that Dollar Trees issue with the certification are beyond the scope of whether a class action is indicated for the purposes of certification.. /Parent 8 0 R I was a manager and an assistant manager at Dollar General, District 258. Because of this, there are long lines of employees waiting to clock in or clock out. Sears Pharmacies Overtime Pay Claims & Lawsuits. >> /XObject << /Group 141 0 R I did so. Employers showing that they acted in good faith, evidencing due diligence in response to FLSA adherence, may supersede such a claim. Ive been employed for a little longer than 2 years and deal with the same issues to a tee. 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. Its nothing to work 60 plus hrs a week. endobj Unfortunately I had family issues and had to move back to Minnesota. I applied for other jobs and they are told I was fired when they check. /F1 169 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Group 71 0 R This new manager is making employees clock out and then count down their tilts . 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. Do we disclose any information to outside parties? /Parent 8 0 R Each store employee's roughly 6 (6x12,423=74,538) This is a rough estimate. /Pages 3 0 R Working employee's off the clock seems to be a Dollar General Standard. By using our site, you consent to our websites privacy policy. /Resources << 34 0 R 35 0 R 36 0 R 37 0 R] Supervisors unwittingly contribute to potential liability by praising employees who work off the-clock to stay within budgets. that she wanted to originally run my store. /Group 111 0 R This went on all last winter. I have so many reasons to be involved with this. endobj OCgXNezZYer1 /Subtype /XML that arrangements were made. >> I asked for a week off after having turned the store around. /Font << 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. HORRIBLE. /Type /Page /Contents [83 0 R 84 0 R 85 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. /Type /Page 23 0 obj Please help. Employers should be advised that liquidated damages awards are equal to the amount that would be owed in unpaid earnings. endobj /Resources << >> >> Investigator tells me I quit. /StructParents 1 37 0 obj 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. /Kids [38 0 R] /Rect [68.36 679.39 341.33 692.81] She ended up being terminated for missing class and not returning to the store because she was sick with diabetes. >> /Type /Page >> /Resources 102 0 R We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information. endobj \ALQp >> >> Many times before the manager took hours off my travel time, lunch, etc. 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. They never paid us for taking these tests at home or the hours to do it. Let's do some math. >> endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /StructParents 13 dn 0zm\wt#5F++kt?f?( TPoY>#i=+Mcnq_Em>/\uE/2Do If I was entitled to the hours worked off the clock I could probably take a year long furlow to regain my health. I worked Family Dollar in New Iberia, La. << << I worked there 11 years and I never had a uninterrupted 30 or 10min break they fired me because I was starting to find out about what the store manager was up to and they used my sick time and wont tell me why, Your email address will not be published. Paying for unauthorized overtime might be painful, but overtime pay cannot be denied. 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What information do we collect? /Annots [] /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] When you are working all those hours all the time you forget to get clocked in or or after a long 13 hours. /I0 173 0 R /Annots [47 0 R] 12 0 obj /Annots [] /Annots [] << 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. 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. /Count 1 Do personal care providers get overtime pay? endobj << This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License 2023 Online Legal Media. 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. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 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. I turned in my keys and quit. endobj And i think also any where in the US people have gone through the same. 47 0 obj stream members' after shift "off-the-clock" work. >> /Type /Font /Type /Page Fair Labor Standards Act: Everything You Need to Know. Im a African American female applied for dollar tree in person they told me they was not hiring but now hiring was on the door I applied online district manager hired me she works at a diffrent store when manager seen she hired a black women as her assistant she had schedule changed so she wouldnt work with me I was told by my fellow employees daily that manager was racist and keep saying she bout to find another job since they are hiring blacks . 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. In order to fix so many problem with Dollar Tree you have to see it first hand!! /Type /Page Online Privacy Policy Only I have contacted dollar general hr and i was never on their payroll or have permission to do a lay out. 24 0 R 25 0 R 26 0 R 27 0 R 28 0 R 29 0 R 30 0 R 31 0 R 32 0 R 33 0 R So I did the only thing I could do to fix things that needed to properly be fixed and only that, the assistant that left gave me her information so I could do what needed to be done. 5 minutes to the bank is actually 10 minutes. For more information, please see our 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. << /Contents [138 0 R 139 0 R 140 0 R] Working off the clock labor is that which is unpaid or not contributing to overtime pay, and is usually illegal. 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. /Type /Page Double liabilities in the form of liquidated damages are the risk employers sustain when exposure is too high. Called at home countless times to resolve problems on my off time and off days. 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. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 33 0 obj I worked many more hours that I was paid for. There are 12,423 Stores. I almost never took breaks or lunches but got clocked out for them by my manager. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /XObject << There are strict time deadlines for filing lawsuits so it is essential that you contact an attorney immediately. /Type /Page 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. Stating they could only find 2 hours and some change of time i not paid. >> << 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.