I was employed from 2008-2013. 6 0 obj On Sept. 11, 2012 I suffered a nervous breakdown and a few days later tried to commit suicide because of the hours I worked as a manager at Dollar General. ;xw Filing Deadline: September 23, 2020. /Tabs /S About BigClassAction.com Ensuring that all workers who want a union can win union representation is an effective way of combating wage theft and building worker power. endobj Through a 2016 ordinance, Cincinnati created a zero-tolerance policy for wage theft on city development projects that includes penalties and reporting requirements. /Filter /FlateDecode /Tabs /S Verizon Reaches Unpaid Overtime Class Action Settlement /Annots [] The Biden administrations recent push to increase funding for WHD by at least $30 millionwhich would allow the agency to increase its staffing levels by at least 11%is a necessary step toward ensuring adequate enforcement of the law (DOL 2021). << /Annots [] /Group 166 0 R also we went thur 5 mangers in two months then I had a three hour shift to do and I wasn't clocked in when I quit. They gave you so much to do that a person could never accomplish it all on the money they gave ypu to run your store and what you did was never enough. @]r9j/r2sb+}G*%vs7 &]b5.X8^[y+gx!ZaSEP[gh|H:00w[O2,_LG-49=bsMq)nGV3,Z Notes: The eight states that do not recover wages for employees are marked as NW in the corresponding table. HOW DO I find out the outcome? 10. Dollar General does not care about how hard their employees work nor the sacrafices that so many make for them. /Type /Page As soon as i mentioned it.I knew it was a problem. If you work in a city or county with a higher minimum wage, your employer must pay the higher local . endobj I use to work for that company in that time frame and I was treated unfairly. Why it matters: This staggering amount represents just a small portion of wages stolen from workers across the country. 2021. Baran, Hugh, and Elisabeth Campbell. It's either that or people have to work alone even more which is a major safety and security issue. They make u work outrageous hours for the same pay no hours to bring a cashier in. Privacy Policy Contact Us. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission . 34 0 R 35 0 R 36 0 R 37 0 R] Wage and Hour Class Action Lawsuits - FindLaw /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Here's how it impacts your workplaceand our democracy. /Font << I always got bullied and mistreated by my recent manager. Data may not sum to totals due to rounding. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Contents [171 0 R] I was put on what was called "The Smart Team," which was a team of three in my district that went around to different stores to assist them in cleaning out their receiving rooms, do planograms, help with relos, remodels, etc. /Contents [148 0 R 149 0 R 150 0 R] /Parent 8 0 R For this calculation, we include only those states that reported wage recovery data for both 2019 and 2020. If anyone of us has a no show or call in, we are there to support each other. << /StructParents 19 Source:Seyfarth Shaw LLP,17th Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report, 2021. 34 0 obj As a key carrier I was required to open a register off of the clock on my lunch perform voids and returns even check in vendors, I say we get another lawsuit against them. /Contents [98 0 R 99 0 R 100 0 R] 3]@uWbz6lfxwsM: ?zVBJZ? /Parent 8 0 R << /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] San Francisco, CA: An unpaid wages class action lawsuit has been filed against the Dollar General store by two employees in eastern Tennessee who allege the discount store made them work through lunch periods without pay, in violation of federal labor laws. 2021. /Tabs /S /StructParents 17 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. Dollar General Store Faces Unpaid Wages Class Action Lawsuit The one that comes in at 12:15pm goes on his break at 3:30pm so hes back by 4:30 when I leave. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License 2023 Online Legal Media. /StructParents 20 I was fired while on FMLA. The Black Hole of Mandatory Arbitration. North Carolina Law Review 96, no. /I0 176 0 R I was told to get over my 9 month old nephew dying on the exact day thst he died!! 10 0 obj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Not only did I work off the clock while on break. A 2017 EPI report found that in 2015 and 2016 combined, only $2 billion in unpaid wages were recovered by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), state departments of labor and attorneys general, and through class action litigation (McNicholas, Mokhiber, and Chaikof 2017). ( Yet it was my fault shrink was so high) .. 13 0 obj I never in all the years was late or did nothing wrong I even pulled from open to close due to she was getting rid of workers than got rid of me hired her friends well 3 years I been fighting to get my name cleared from false lies and her abuse due to her mouth so if dollar general does not contact me I will contact a lawyer also I heard today by manager in another DM said it looks bad for me he wouldn't hire me so it looks like I will be take care of it the legal way, I also work Dollar general as store manager and I can relate to the long hours and workload with no payroll it's ridicoulos if not a strong person u will fail they expect the miracles from u and no excuses they will take your soul from you they do not complain when u work 80 hours a week but god forbid u call off or get sick they are all over you they forget your sick cause of the long hours. 11 0 obj I worked double shifts for 3 months straight because our assistant manager never showed up and the other key holder was on medical leave. EPIs research helps policymakers, opinion leaders, advocates, journalists, and the public understand the bread-and-butter issues affecting ordinary Americans. << I worked for store#3289 from 2015-2017 key holder than. /Tabs /S How do i get in on this law suit i was working 7 days a week as a store manager and i had to throw freight do more retail stuff on the floor than i could a lot of times i would have to work alone in the store leaving me to do everything. /Border [0 0 0] endobj I was full time and she kept scheduling me like 20 to 25 hours. >> (Lab. Wisconsin Department of Justice (WDOJ). Dollar General stores are typically around 7,500 square feet, with no more than 10,000 items from household name brands. I was a store manager from January 2018 to August 2019 I too was forced to work open to close shifts 90 to 120 hours a week often alone no breaks could not even go to the restroom when I begged for help I was told to deal with by my DM. I was never notified of this suit, I'm a previous assistant store manager for Dollar General anyone interested in joining a lawsuit against this company for unpaid wages should check out dollargeneralofftheclock.com we need to stand up to this company for the way that they treat their employees best of luck to everyone. She was involved in some other serious things involving slander,discrimination and hippa violations among retaliation after I told her I talked to labor board and other organizations. The last store I worked at was the one I was promised but I went in as assistant manager, but kept being strung out by the DM and the company. >> /Type /Page I was employed at dollar general for over a year as lead cashier and moved up to assistant manager. My first two managers were fantastic about making sure that we worked the hours we were supposed to, whether cashier or key holder. 2021. 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. Villanueva, Alex. Obviously they have been doing it for many years and it seems like our concerns and opinions dont matter ,when all we do is bust our a**** off for them and theY ACT LIKE nothing and literally ACT LIKE NOTHING (take no actions)to all this. /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 National Employment Law Project (NELP). I was working all day because people called off.. so last year I didn't have a Thanksgiving or a Christmas. Strategic enforcement allows the agency to do so in spite of limited resources. Below, we provide examples of wage theft cases to illustrate the broad scope of this problem, across states and industries, as well as the extreme measures employers take to steal wagesoften with little incentive to change their behavior. My money has not been sent the last time I heard the case had Been. As part of a wide-ranging investigation dating back to 2018, New York Attorney General Letitia James obtained an agreement with two home health care agencies to pay $18.8 million to about 12,000 home health aides. /Length 10 endobj I dont think any of you on here complaining about your jobs have any leadership skills and have no business being in management. /Annots [] /Subtype /Type1 /Parent 8 0 R Notably, even before the Trump administration, WHD had suffered from a steady decline in critical staffing, forcing investigators to further stretch already-thin resources (GAO 2020). In addition to increased and strategic enforcement, there is also a great need to raise the costs to employers of violating wage and hour laws. /Metadata 6 0 R endobj /Parent 3 0 R I was a 3rd key holder, relocated from one store to one closer to my house. 8#0B"HdFK;G/jvIR &|O4cBy,`,i1%N;ro W"gw~k> $daXL%HWtzmt]f}ig{^,CK?SL^UYuY`by+tzn Midwest Economic Policy Institute, January 2021. I am a store manager at Dollar General as well. 18 0 obj /Group 131 0 R /Contents [153 0 R 154 0 R 155 0 R] 2016. /Parent 8 0 R Don't understand I worked 50 hour weeks and would only get paid for 40. When I broke my salary wages down for the amount of hours I was working I was only making 2.85 an hour I dont see how this company gets away with it. I missed birthdays and holidays and even school programs because I was always working.I remember filling out a thick packet of papers for a law suit where Dollar General was accused of owing us Managers overtime payAfter a few years I never heard of the outcome, I used toget updates but it seems like they just stopped coming.
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