/Resources 102 0 R 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. Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site. /Resources 142 0 R Also, Dollar Tree allegedly has a practice of rounding down to the nearest 15 minutes. Time recording is the most important element of accountability. 12 0 obj Cautious employers are more likely to exercise control over off-the-clock work, and subsequently, prevent work that will be unpaid from occurring. dn 0zm\wt#5F++kt?f?( TPoY>#i=+Mcnq_Em>/\uE/2Do Once she gutted my store she moved in a asst. FAQ /Group 116 0 R /Parent 3 0 R 45 0 obj We challenge the C E O of Dollar Tree to work in some of his stores!! 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. /Parent 10 0 R We will discuss your situation and determine if you have a claim. Can anyone do anything about this over this way. The main objective is that employers implement an accurate procedure to track employee hours, and a reporting instrument to retain as record. /Type /Page /Group 166 0 R /Type /Pages 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 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. /Subtype /Type1 Thomas denied that misconduct and said she told the employees to take the computer training "off the clock." /Parent 8 0 R << even if it takes up to 14 minutes to take care of the transaction; when I clock back out 1-14 minutes later, the time clock rounds that to 15 minutes past the hour. Please contact me. 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. 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. Dollar General Overtime Pay Lawsuit | Get Paid Overtime Dollar General Find a lawyer near you. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] The lawsuit, filed in the US District . /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Their pay rises are ridiculous they go by a point system i been with this company for 3 years i am always an hour early every day and the manger is very vindictive if she does not like you you dont get hours and their health care sucks i have it and i have to take heart medicine and they wont let you opt out of the RX plan so i dont use it. /Resources 162 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. << This is a frequent thing for DG. Which would have left me to run the store open to close for a entire weekend. /Type /Page break but i get docked for it. >> /Pages 3 0 R >> /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] We came in the a.m. stream I happen to know all the people that work there and this store recently changed store management! There is frequent schedule manipulation, and even claims that there were days I was late or just didnt show up, which is not true at all, and I can prove it with my debit card transactions in adjacent businesses while i was waiting for a key-holder to show up. 1 0 obj even if I need to clock in; Dollar General uses the 15 min. Every night at closing I was told to clock out at 10:15pm and continue working that was 45 free mins. Supervisors offer such praise in writing, documenting knowledge of the failure to pay overtime, creating the potential for a knowing or violation. I worked off the clock all the time and yes my time was changed to 1015 everytime I closed the store and I went to the bank for the manager on my off days and when I was scheduled to close that night. /Parent 8 0 R << Stating they could only find 2 hours and some change of time i not paid. It feels like a blessing just to get a full 30 min. x[mo8O2(")Xu{iR$6zh,J{8 lpygmU,qUWgO/f^ {3{ur3.lqF)QfW':-F`SF"f2XvaG\E1`&~bt*jY8fD?E ;Rf:IM? Xa].W[jga$W!oV\#(xn_Pk2~p D$Yf5vUCHd rXu*&I*/zDY"7oL`cers|)Ya5BD),IxqK\ 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. I currently work for DG in the Dallas Texas area as an assistant store manager and my store is always busy. >> /Type /Font << endobj /Metadata 6 0 R << /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Find out if you have a case by completing this form for a free, no obligation review. << endobj >> The lawsuit was filed in Tennessee on behalf of all individuals employed by the defendant as key holders, i.e. Employers often deny or unlawfully refuse to pay overtime by misclassifying the positions of the workers, requiring them to report to work early but not punch the clock until later, striking hours off time cards, or not paying them for work before the shift starts and after the employee punches out for the day. 48 0 obj >> and our /Tabs /S 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 This Dollar Tree wage and hour lawsuit also claims the company has set up its bonus program so that bonus compensation wont be taken into consideration in determining overtime wages. We should get paid anything over our required hours of 48.75. /Tabs /S Do I qualify for the lawsuit? /Names 4 0 R 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 [182 0 R] Scan this QR code to download the app now. /Parent 8 0 R /Subtype /Link Liabilities under FLSA extend three (3) years back. /Type /Catalog >> /Contents [78 0 R 79 0 R 80 0 R] They said they had been watching for months why wait till I wouldnt travel to say something if they had all that and why am I the only one that was let go when I know for a fact of employees that are there today steeling. endobj 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. 13 0 obj They didnt like all the overtime we ate pulling, but what were we supposed to do? 23 0 obj /Type /Page New to ClassAction.org? Then This year I suddenly needed to move, so I transferred to a new store location. 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. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent. Shift control is key to limiting overtime. >> form | Employee Representative Action Against Dollar General She refused to give me my breaks or lunch on time days I didnt get lunch when working up 7 or 8 hours . << /Group 71 0 R worked 38 hours setting u new store, paystub shows 7,75! However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. /Resources 52 0 R /Resources << Retrieval of punches and time sheets is limited to very little from the compass system (in my case can only retrieve as far back at the beginning of september) but this has been going on since the transfer back in may, a period of 4 months that I cannot prove using the methods available to associates. << endobj Then finally she quit by 2014 i had a new manager dec of 2014 i was up for a promotiin to assistant manager when they found out i was pregnant i was told i couldnt get my promotion until i returned from maternity leave because they would have to pay me for my leave so at 33 wks pregnant i had no choice but to take my leave because aa hard as they was making me work i started having pregnancy complications from not being able to take breaks and lunches so i could eat because we were expected to work through them so i was having problems with my sugar levels dropping i was scared if i didnt take leave i was going to lose my baby or we both werent going to make it i was out of work 8 weeks with no pay because i was denied my promotion soon as i returned i was promoted my the hours on my checks were never what i kept track of because the managers would go to send time in and take hours we worked of so they wouldnt go over their allowed schedule hours because if they did they got fussed at by the district manager because the district managers wouldnt recieve their bonuses i asked the district manager about the managers taking our worked hours he told me he would investigate it to my knowledge no investigation was ever done so i called corperate and they told me that it was the district managers responsibility. The FLSA regulations literally state that management cannot sit back and accept the benefits of an employees labor without paying for the time.