Then This year I suddenly needed to move, so I transferred to a new store location. /Parent 3 0 R Federal law defines employment to include permit to work, or suffer as result of the activity. /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] stream /Annots [] 25 0 obj /Parent 3 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. Beaver et al v. Dollar General Corporation - 1:17-cv-01014 By submitting your comment and contact information, you agree to receive marketing emails from Top Class Actions regarding this and/or similar lawsuits or settlements, and/or to be contacted by an attorney or law firm to discuss the details of your potential case at no charge to you if you qualify. /Tabs /S /Parent 8 0 R /Type /Pages Be sure to give your name, telephone number, and the best time to reach you, and an attorney will get back to you soon. /Contents [148 0 R 149 0 R 150 0 R] assistant store managers and lead sales associates. I can provide the schedules I worked as I kept them. /Kids [42 0 R 43 0 R] /Contents [179 0 R] /Tabs /S /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Resources 152 0 R Was this document helpful? /Count 2 Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older. 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 /Contents [78 0 R 79 0 R 80 0 R] /Tabs /S /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] << 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. What do we use your information for? endobj /StructParents 3 endobj /Annots [] 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. endobj Please contact me. Additionally, because of long lines while waiting to clock in or clock out, workers were cheated from pay they should have received, Terry says. >> Salaried employees receive a predetermined amount of pay comprising all or a stipulated part of an employee's compensation for employment. /Annots [] Think in terms of how you will be able to prove you are working those hours. >> /StructParents 0 A recent Dollar General class action lawsuit claims that the bargain store discriminates against its pregnant employees. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 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 . The shoddy way they treat there managers is appalling. Even went to the store in my pjs sick once to resolve a customer issue. /Annots [] Find out if you have a case by completing this form for a free, no obligation review. 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. Terms of Service << It wasnt until I brought department of labor into it that they finally acknowledged me. endobj Working Off The Clock: Is It Legal & All You Need To Know - Homebase endobj The end of the line was this past weekend when I was told I had to bring my doctor's excuse in to my manager within 15 minutes even though I wasn't released to return to work until Monday. >> 16 0 obj Wal-Mart to Settle Suits Over Pay - The New York Times I asked for my vacation time to use it. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. 38 0 obj /Resources 112 0 R /Group 146 0 R /Type /Catalog Yes, it is against the law for an employer to require an employee to work off the clock. We collect information from you when you fill out our contact form. /S /S /Group 131 0 R endobj Although some managers may misunderstand they are requiring employees to work off-the-clock, extra work is deemed fine. I worked with a friend.. /Parent 3 0 R If I was entitled to the hours worked off the clock I could probably take a year long furlow to regain my health. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] I also would also do payroll and other manager duties. form | Employee Representative Action Against Dollar General You are being cheated out of wages you have earned. /Resources << It was refused. << Stating they could only find 2 hours and some change of time i not paid. and no time off. 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. /S /URI 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); Dollar General concluded that Thomas took the CBLs for them and falsified company records to suggest they were traineda terminable offense. /Contents [163 0 R 164 0 R 165 0 R] Dollar General Store Faces Unpaid Wages Class Action Lawsuit 9 0 obj your claim status, claim form or questions about when payments are This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License 2023 Online Legal Media. 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 . If you have inquiries about working off-the-clock employment rules, post your legal need on the UpCounsel marketplace. 7 0 obj 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. 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. /F2 46 0 R that arrangements were made. OCgXNezZYer1 Which would have left me to run the store open to close for a entire weekend. /Contents [123 0 R 124 0 R 125 0 R] /Resources 102 0 R She refused to give me my breaks or lunch on time days I didnt get lunch when working up 7 or 8 hours . What are your thoughts, my 3rd week of working. /Annots [] I havent heard anything since. Dollar Tree employee TerryS. originally filed this Dollar Tree wage and hour lawsuit. Never fails. /Resources 97 0 R 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. Since I had 2 asst. /Tabs /S I was told to do my training (cbl's) on my day off it took 11 hours. endobj WE GOT ROBBED, YES I SAID ROBBED, HELD UP AT GUN POINT, DISTRICT MANAGER JOESPH, DIDNT EVEN ANSWER THE PHONE. 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? Former Employees Sue Dollar General | AP News /Filter /FlateDecode What information do we collect? Started out as a cashier and ended as a store Manager. /Parent 8 0 R << /Annots [] /Subtype /XML /Resources << /Tabs /S /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] >> /Resources << /Group 71 0 R /Resources 57 0 R I worked for dollar general in ga for 3 years from 2013 to 2016 the manager who hired me was about 21 she was white i was overlooked for promotions due to her being obsessed with dating blacks. >> /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Investigator tells me I quit. >> Hi I was recently employed by dollar general I worked there approximately 2 weeks. The information on this site has been created by Capstone Law APC for informational purposes only, and is not, nor is it intended to be, legal advice. >> Plus I don't get any days off if I'm lucky I get one day off a week. Acting in "good faith" means that you provide all the information you have and you believe it to be . This browser does not support PDFs. /XObject << We were still under staffed. Cautious employers are more likely to exercise control over off-the-clock work, and subsequently, prevent work that will be unpaid from occurring. The plaintiffs say Dollar General maintained a policy of allowing, inducing, and incentivizing store managers to require, force, expect, encourage and/or suffer and permit proposed class members to work off the clock before, during and after shifts. endobj >> /Tabs /S /Type /Page /Group 136 0 R /StructParents 7 Oh she had reasons. /Tabs /S Working off the clock is grounds for termination and if someone instructs you to work off the clock they can be fired. endobj 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. >> By submitting this form I agree to the Terms of Service. /Metadata 6 0 R Fair Labor Standards Act: Everything You Need to Know. 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. /Contents [108 0 R 109 0 R 110 0 R] /Annots [] 15 0 obj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 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. 5 0 obj I feel like theres are always ways to tell when everything is being recorded. endobj status of any class action settlement claim. I asked for 3 days in a row off it was refused. Please reply with similar experiences and I may DM you with a number you can call to join the suit. Because she was new they denied me taking time off. WOW!!!. This was done as a means of avoiding paying the workers overtime wages, the lawsuit claims. /Contents [128 0 R 129 0 R 130 0 R] Dollar Tree claims that their bonus pay is discretionary and not always awarded. I thought the other 2 assistants are suppose to share closes. x+ | << /Annots [] 3 0 obj Clocked out and then worked an additional off the clock shift from 4pm to 7am. 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. Dollar General Lawsuits - Law Fem 34 0 obj /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] I worked from October 2015 till December 22, 2016 with zero vacation time used. Our firm pursues cases in California state and federal courts, as well as in courts around the nation. 12 0 obj When contacting us via our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address, mailing address or phone number. >> The United States Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), is legislation designed to protect workers in most states. Contacting Us 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 /Page >> >> The previous manager had just been fired. /Type /Pages I came in December for a second shift and was told HR was terminating me, told her okay. 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. 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); not providing employees with timely, uninterrupted meal and/or rest breaks; not paying employees one hour of pay for each missed meal or rest break; not providing employees proper wage statements (pay stubs); failing to maintain accurate payroll records; not paying wages timely during employment and upon termination; failing to pay the time spent for and the costs of mandatory physical examinations and/or drug testing; and. 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 Where an employer requires or allows workers to work overtime, under U.S. law that overtime is usually due compensation. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 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. 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. I can't count how many times the closing duties took longer than what the GM had scheduled, and my time was cut back to 10:15. I was told to work shifts by myself if I have to to keep my hours were they want them to be. I took my so called lunch break, I was interrupted as usual to do a return. /URI (https://www.classaction.org/news/dollar-general-clocked-with-unpaid-wage-class-action) /Contents [168 0 R] /Resources 72 0 R Merely paying the employee back-wages is less expensive and litigious than the threat of lawsuit. Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. Its nothing to work 60 plus hrs a week. /Font << The LA Times told the story of Los Angeles sanitation workers whose lunch breaks were being unlawfully regulated. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] >> Each store employee's roughly 6 (6x12,423=74,538) This is a rough estimate. HORRIBLE. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent. 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. 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. /Contents [133 0 R 134 0 R 135 0 R] Returning work-related phone calls at home after the shift has ended. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] I want you dollar store employees to know that you are lining the pockets of the share holders and that is WRONG!!! Both circumstances could be a violation of the FLSA. I close every night but 2 nights off. Los Angeles, CA 90067 >> << /ITXT (2.1.7) << /Parent 8 0 R An employer is also generally obliged to pay a worker whose work is suffered. << /Names 4 0 R /XObject << /StructParents 4 /C [0 0 1] 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. But to DG customers come first and employees are replaceable. 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. endobj /Type /Page << Many times before the manager took hours off my travel time, lunch, etc. 49 0 obj Countless hours off the clock to keep the store recovered and seasonal put out. 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. /Type /Page << wouldn't be around much longer so she quit along with one of my cashiers. 3]@uWbz6lfxwsM: ?zVBJZ? Some states have labor code penalties that apply if employers are mandating or reaping the benefits of off-the-clock work. I would go in early and stay late to help with freight. Phone: 1-310-556-4811. The job cost me my first babysitter due to working 98 hour weeks. Supervisors offer such praise in writing, documenting knowledge of the failure to pay overtime, creating the potential for a knowing or violation. Top Class Actions is a legal news source /Parent 8 0 R 23 0 obj 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. >> /Count 31 Share it with your network! Unloading trucks, working all night to stock. /I0 176 0 R It also said it will pay employees. 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. I was fired by what I consider a conspiracy. /Annots [] I worked 60 to 80 hrs a week . Then when we got an assistant to come in and help we had to do our own schedules so we worked together so we could each have a weekend off, so we would do open to closed opposite weekends so I could see my kids and she could have time with her family, we in turn got yelled at for not asking if that was alright. /Subtype /Type1 /StructParents 11 /Kids [39 0 R] I gave her the keys, came home wrote the CEO of the corporation. This Dollar Tree Wage and Hour Lawsuit is Case No. /Resources << We partner with local counsel when needed in litigation outside California. He had an investigator check into my story. US Department of Transportation Overtime Pay Lawsuits For Telecommuting Jobs. \ALQp /Contents [73 0 R 74 0 R 75 0 R] I worked for Dollar General for 3 years. /Contents [171 0 R] Salaried employees must be paid at least $23,660, an employee must fulfill the job duties tests for enumerated exemption. /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. /Annots [] /AA 5 0 R Find a lawyer near you. I do take one day off, don't care if DG likes it or not. Figure the math your work load is 200 , your budget hrs are 156 that's minus our 40 hrs that they put in for us,but only key in one hr for managers at payroll time.Thats the biggest reason why DG can't keep managers.tjey ask for to much for to little.For any DG stores to be successful in the business you need to give to ger all that works for DG.Honor the statement serving others t & As store managers that's not happening,They Also have taken the incentives away ,like shrink bonuses with that said you can still receive a quarterly bonus but you still working hard to get that with little hours to work with.They really need to stop & realize what they can do for there employees instead of losing them.Whats right is there biggest speech serving others.We all are entitled to get what we deserve & work hard for. /Resources 147 0 R Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. The question has been answered before Ive had a chance to get through the 4 step clock-in process. /F1 45 0 R << Can I sue my employer for making work off the clock? 20 0 obj When you work at dollar general everybody needs to take the etips test for selling liquor. Many of my hour lunches disrupted to the point I only ended up with 5 or 10 minutes of my break left. /Tabs /S << /Type /Page Capstone Law APC does not seek to represent any individual based solely on that individuals visit to this website. Not showing 31 hours of work time!! I currently work for DG in the Dallas Texas area as an assistant store manager and my store is always busy. 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. Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance Dollar General Overtime Pay Lawsuit | Get Paid Overtime Dollar General 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. endobj << 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.. endobj They were treating me like a regular worker instead of manager I did stocking my first 3 days instead of proper assistant manager training . /Group 106 0 R We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. I was a manager and an assistant manager at Dollar General, District 258. 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. Similarly, an employer may request an employee perform work duties off the clock. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj >> manager. >> 42 0 obj Started as cashier they only wanted to give us 20hours a week, if that went to asst. >> Want High Quality, Transparent, and Affordable Legal Services? /Resources 132 0 R endobj ul trvK` I$=IXLb/HV7+2^x% GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn., Aug 04, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) announced today that the judge in the collective action lawsuit pending against the Company in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama issued a ruling during the trial decertifying the class which had . /Group 81 0 R I worked there for a total of 6 months, 4 months I was the Merchandise Assistant for Manager. 18 0 obj 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. >> Lunch Break & Meal Break Lawyer in California | Branigan Robertson Want to File an Unpaid Internship Overtime Pay Lawsuit? /Type /Page Low payroll hours to operate a store that is open from 8am - 10pm 7 days a week. Dollar General - working off the clock! - ComplaintsBoard.com /F1 172 0 R >> Employers should be advised that liquidated damages awards are equal to the amount that would be owed in unpaid earnings. /I0 183 0 R ;xw When I was promoted to store manager I was running a store in East Tenn. /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 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. Also, Dollar Tree allegedly has a practice of rounding down to the nearest 15 minutes. And you never get undisturbed breaks. /Resources 77 0 R You should contact an attorney to provide more information so you can receive more meaningful advise. 33 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. The best way of avoiding liabilities for overtime work by employees, is to strictly control task times, as well as employee breaks and lunches. /Resources 157 0 R The availability of laptops, smartphones and other devices now let employees carry the office around in their pockets. /Group 56 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] These are violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and can give rise to an overtime pay lawsuit. Despite such good intentions, employees cannot choose to decline the protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and employers cannot refuse to pay. Lawsuit for working off the clock. endobj Moreover, contacting us, whether through this website or by other means, does not create an attorney-client relationship. Last straw was when my Dm announced one of my asst. << 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. Working off the clock is illegal under both federal and California labor laws. /Type /Pages These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business. Actions does not process claims and we cannot advise you on the /Parent 8 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. /I0 173 0 R Which I think is wrong for the work I have to do. 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 2 35 0 obj /Type /Page /Type /Page L.A. landlord sues over eviction law, seeking $100 million - Los /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Transmission of the information on this site does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. 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!! << 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. /Type /Page /Group 51 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj Unfortunately I had family issues and had to move back to Minnesota. /Tabs /S >> /Parent 8 0 R New to ClassAction.org? Employer guidelines should be clear and provide explicit examples of what constitutes off-the-clock infringements in the workplace to not foster misinterpretations. within the three (3) years preceding the filing of this lawsuit. 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. 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. I was manager for 4 years and she was our DM for about 3 months. California law provides various protections and rights to employees in the state in the areas of wrongful termination, workplace harassment, and regarding wage issues like overtime, minimum wages, meal breaks, vacation pay, and other issues related to compensation. /Resources 107 0 R
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