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. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. /Type /Metadata /Resources 162 0 R /Parent 8 0 R 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. << 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. Last straw was when my Dm announced one of my asst. >> 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. Phone: 1-310-556-4811. /I0 176 0 R D. dolly06 of Griffin, US. endobj /StructParents 8 << /StructParents 18 /Annots [] Time recording is the most important element of accountability. She ended up being terminated for missing class and not returning to the store because she was sick with diabetes. endobj /Parent 8 0 R 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. /Tabs /S In fact, they claim, the production line is stopped for over 30 minutes for lunch breaks, which is more than the mandated time. He had an investigator check into my story. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] They never paid us for taking these tests at home or the hours to do it. /Contents [158 0 R 159 0 R 160 0 R] /Filter /FlateDecode Lawsuits can be collective as well. settlement administrator or your attorney for any updates regarding /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] Let's do some math. I was then told that I should have clocked back in and completed her transaction. I havent heard anything since. Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site. If an employer does not communicate an expectation for after-hours work, supervisors may give the impression that such effort is expected. I asked for a week off after having turned the store around. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Border [0 0 0] 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. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy. /Type /Page >> 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. Time records can also be kept on timesheets, security logs or software app. /Resources 167 0 R I have been working for dollar general since December 2015 and I'm a lead now I was an assistant manager I stepped down to a lead because I was told that I had to work when the manager wasn't going to be in the store and we have other leads working also if I needed to be off and she was off I was told I couldn't be off also I have been there 2yrs and some months and on my hour lunch break I have to clock out but still work because I always work with a cashier so there for I have to help the cashier if they get a line I have to give a key turn if they need one yet and still I'm suppose to be on my break and this happens all the time. /Type /Page /Tabs /S 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. Find a lawyer near you. worked 38 hours setting u new store, paystub shows 7,75! We collect information from you when you fill out our contact form. BCV-18-102711. 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); Oh she had reasons. >> >> /Annots [] /Kids [38 0 R] << /BaseFont /Times-Roman We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent. endobj working off the clock! Sadly it happens everywhere. Only to get a call from my Freight manager, that he needed me to pick him up. /I0 170 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Oct 11, 2017 7:37 am EDT. 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. endobj /StructParents 6 We will discuss your situation and determine if you have a claim. Cautious employers are more likely to exercise control over off-the-clock work, and subsequently, prevent work that will be unpaid from occurring. I have contacted dollar general hr and i was never on their payroll or have permission to do a lay out. /Parent 12 0 R Last September I was left at work for 4 hours while having a heart attack! Thomas denied that misconduct and said she told the employees to take the computer training "off the clock." /Contents [58 0 R 59 0 R 60 0 R] /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 10 0 obj /StructParents 14 The question has been answered before Ive had a chance to get through the 4 step clock-in process. This comes from a California Supreme Court ruling in an off-the clock work lawsuit. << >> /Tabs /S Employers showing that they acted in good faith, evidencing due diligence in response to FLSA adherence, may supersede such a claim. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /StructParents 3 This Dollar Tree Wage and Hour Lawsuit is Case No. All Rights Reserved. >> Similarly, an employer may request an employee perform work duties off the clock. << 39 0 obj >> This website is not intended for viewing or usage by European Union citizens. 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. 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.. 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. 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. Ive worked for Dollar Tree for 6 years, and I mostly didnt hate it, the store I worked at in Michigan was nice, with good people, there were never any real issues. 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. that arrangements were made. 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. /StructParents 9 >> /Group 166 0 R Many times before the manager took hours off my travel time, lunch, etc. Yes i believe such thing like this because here in PA they have done the same thing. /Annots [] /C [0 0 1] Please complete this form to request a review of your complaint by an attorney. << 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. 43 0 obj ago. /XObject << >> My other assistant got overwhelmed and walked out of the leaving me to work open to close the whole week as we could not find any other manager willing to come to our store. 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. endobj 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. /Annots [] /Contents [103 0 R 104 0 R 105 0 R] 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. It is a major problem statewide. Scan this QR code to download the app now. 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. /Tabs /S endobj endobj assistant store managers and lead sales associates. The lawsuit alleges the following violations against Dollar General: failing to calculate the regular rate of pay properly, for purposes of paying overtime; not paying at least minimum wages for all . /StructParents 22 Transmission of the information on this site does not constitute an attorney-client relationship. I've worked for Dollar General for 12 Yrs.and almost every lunch break I've lost due to having to turn a key never get a whole 30 Min. I worked there for a total of 6 months, 4 months I was the Merchandise Assistant for Manager. I worked for Dollar General for 5 yrs. Double liabilities in the form of liquidated damages are the risk employers sustain when exposure is too high. 3]@uWbz6lfxwsM: ?zVBJZ? endobj I worked Family Dollar in New Iberia, La.