How Many Hours is a Salaried Employee Required to Work? >> We collect information from you when you fill out our contact form. 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. 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 . \ALQp 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. endobj Tennessee . Do we disclose any information to outside parties? 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. Since I had 2 asst. Yes i believe such thing like this because here in PA they have done the same thing. >> /Contents [163 0 R 164 0 R 165 0 R] We challenge the C E O of Dollar Tree to work in some of his stores!! worked 38 hours setting u new store, paystub shows 7,75! /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] /S /S /Type /Page endobj Please download the PDF to view it: Download PDF. We were still under staffed. Some states have labor code penalties that apply if employers are mandating or reaping the benefits of off-the-clock work. If the employee must stay late to finish helping the customer, must be paid for that time even though shift is ended. >> % /Type /Page and no time off. /Annots [] 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. << /Annots [] We werent supposed to be in the store by ourselves just invade anything happens and I opens the store on my way home Oran and I closed the store alone multiple times just so the door could make money and was never aloud to close the door down while by myself. I asked for 3 days in a row off it was refused. 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!! /StructParents 21 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. I was told to do my training (cbl's) on my day off it took 11 hours. stream I worked with a friend.. Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site. << /Type /Page Certain employees are considered " exempt . 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. << /Group 96 0 R >> I thought the other 2 assistants are suppose to share closes. /StructParents 12 /Resources 132 0 R 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 /Annots [] Similarly, unpaid work post-shift, like finishing, cleaning, and returning equipment is off-the-clock. Employers can be forced to pay liquidated damages as remedy as well as civil penalties if found in violation by the court. FLSA approval of a claim allows for employees may also be able to recover attorney's fees if the complaint is found valid. /StructParents 0 /StructParents 6 /Parent 3 0 R Although some managers may misunderstand they are requiring employees to work off-the-clock, extra work is deemed fine. /Annots [] 45 0 obj Lawsuits can be collective as well. 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 So, if I clock in at 8 minutes after the hour, The time clock rounds that off to 15 minutes after the hour. /I0 183 0 R This Dollar Tree Wage and Hour Lawsuit is Case No. Started as cashier they only wanted to give us 20hours a week, if that went to asst. ago. xSMO@_17..Po~'&L0-n}w-j7y3&l*%x&tm3 << >> /Parent 9 0 R /Group 156 0 R endobj Want High Quality, Transparent, and Affordable Legal Services? One time in order to keep my boss from losing her job I worked from 7 am to 4pm. 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. /Parent 8 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. New to ClassAction.org? /Parent 8 0 R >> Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site. 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. /StructParents 1 I was fired by my DM for leaving building to go to bank and then sitting in my car to eat. /Parent 8 0 R Because of this, Terry says, he and other members of this Class have been cheated out of pay that was due them. The supervisor, Douglas Troester, spent four to 10 minutes on those tasks each day, a total of 12 hours and 50 minutes during 17 months of employment, worth $102.67 at the then-minimum wage of $8 . >> 40 0 obj /Type /Page /Parent 8 0 R /Type /Pages /Contents [48 0 R 49 0 R 50 0 R] << /Contents [98 0 R 99 0 R 100 0 R] /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Tabs /S 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. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. For more information, please see our Never fails. 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. /XObject << Top Class Actions is a legal news source /Subtype /XML /Contents [177 0 R] May provide an initial consultation for free. Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. 25 0 obj Paying for unauthorized overtime might be painful, but overtime pay cannot be denied. I have worked for Dollar Tree for almost 5 years, last year I would show up on time at 3 a.m., to unload truck. So basically, most of the time your "off the clock" lunch is interrupted, your working for free. endstream >> Whatever the forum or venue, Capstone Law invests the time and resources necessary to vigorously prosecute its cases. /Outlines 2 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Was denied. In fact, they claim, the production line is stopped for over 30 minutes for lunch breaks, which is more than the mandated time. /Annots [] /Parent 8 0 R I worked for DG for 3 years, towards the end the manager quiet so I was made manager but still getting paid cashair wages, I had to go to the bank after my shift and I worked plenty open to close shifts. Their Dollar Tree lawsuit alleges violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act because Dollar Tree has not paid minimum wage, paid overtime or provided the required rest and meal breaks. /Tabs /S In order to fix so many problem with Dollar Tree you have to see it first hand!! endobj /Type /Pages /Contents [68 0 R 69 0 R 70 0 R] << 19 0 obj First, choose your state: . I engaged into the lawsuit that was going on for unpaid wages and have heard nothing back. that reports on class action lawsuits, class action settlements, << /Contents [158 0 R 159 0 R 160 0 R] Only to get a call from my Freight manager, that he needed me to pick him up. /Type /Pages endobj 2 members' "off the clock" claims are unified through a common theory of FLSA . When a store manager arrived I was asked to train this manager to take the store position. I came in December for a second shift and was told HR was terminating me, told her okay. I Still work for dollar General and for the pay its not worth it they don't pay enough for the work they want done and its never appreciated we always have new people because people always quit. Some days I didnt have help to process trucks and my son and fiance had to come help me. But I did for several months.First manager was school smart and told no experience they brought in a new manager, I trained her as well. Do we disclose any information to outside parties? What is taking so long.??? endobj Manager refused to stay after I told her that something is terribly wrong with my health. This is a horrific place to work! document.getElementById( "ak_js_5" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); @2023 Top Class Actions. /Parent 8 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Dollar Tree employee TerryS. originally filed this Dollar Tree wage and hour lawsuit. >> >> We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent. 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); 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. Employers should take steps to ensure that all employees, including supervisors, understand what constitutes actually report all time worked. /I0 178 0 R I also believe the manager was adding lunch times in for us, even though their was not enough staff to take a lunch. 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 . What do we use your information for? << 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. 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. Yet, Dollar General failed to modify such end- I also would also do payroll and other manager duties. @]r9j/r2sb+}G*%vs7 &]b5.X8^[y+gx!ZaSEP[gh|H:00w[O2,_LG-49=bsMq)nGV3,Z 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. About BigClassAction.com 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. >> /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 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. /StructParents 11 /Parent 11 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. /Resources 82 0 R US Department of Transportation Overtime Pay Lawsuits For Telecommuting Jobs. /F1 175 0 R I work on my breaks because we cannot have people waiting. Please reply with similar experiences and I may DM you with a number you can call to join the suit. >> >> You must contact the The lawsuit, filed in the US District . 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. After my transfer the store manager was to train in class. /F1 180 0 R endobj 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. I work any where from 50 to 70 hours a week. A recent Dollar General class action lawsuit claims that the bargain store discriminates against its pregnant employees. Working off the clock labor is that which is unpaid or not contributing to overtime pay, and is usually illegal. << /Count 1 >> /Parent 8 0 R >> Because of this, it should not be included in the regular rate of pay. As an Assistant manager your not suppose to run the store alone ever, corporate policy. The DOL awards damages to former employees as a rule of thumb. The United States Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), is legislation designed to protect workers in most states. /Type /Page They knew all the register buttons and codes. Contacting Us 31 0 obj When I was promoted to store manager I was running a store in East Tenn. Where an employer requires or allows workers to work overtime, under U.S. law that overtime is usually due compensation. << that arrangements were made. /Tabs /S /Contents [174 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. 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. status of any class action settlement claim. /Resources 142 0 R I asked for my vacation time to use it. /Resources 92 0 R Yes, it is against the law for an employer to require an employee to work off the clock. I think they need to start hiring more people because I just recently started my job at Dollar general on June 19th and don't get me wrong but I love working at Dollar general but I was told by two manager that they wanted me to become assistance mananger but one top manager called on of the other Dollar general manager that I worked for before I transferred to this one and asked how I would do if they promoted me and she told him that I can't do it that I wouldn't be able to handle it so that pissed me off because I have never called for any days off or called out I'm always on time, somewhat covering for people losing time with my husband and child it's effecting me life outside of work they talk bad about my husband because he is the only one that takes me to work and picks me up while he work from 12am to 8am. 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. 5 minutes to go to the bab, They fired me for what I think was wrong Ive never done anything wrong I called help desk for register problems and I made a remark about register always broke down have tape it or paper clip the remark was were always Afro energyneer the dm said I would just be wrote up but instead the let me go after 14 yrs, Same here 10 yrs and if called while in lunch I got to go and also during breaks.