/I0 183 0 R Money not sent last time I heard the case had been settled. 2020). /Font << I hand no choice but to do manual labor all day every day! 13 C 4307), after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement through its conciliation process. << Extrapolating from these 10 states, Cooper and Kroeger estimate that workers throughout the country lose $15 billion annually from minimum wage violations alone. Interactive tools and videos bringing clarity to the national dialogue on economic inequality. New cases and investigations, settlement deadlines, and news straight to your inbox. I worked double shifts for 3 months straight because our assistant manager never showed up and the other key holder was on medical leave. I knew that store like the back of my hand. >> /Contents [163 0 R 164 0 R 165 0 R] 2. /StructParents 17 /Parent 8 0 R /Parent 8 0 R Such agreements are increasingly included as a condition of employment and prohibit employees from suing their employer or pursuing a class action lawsuit. AG Racine Announces National Electrical Contractor Will Pay $2.75 Million to Workers and the District to Resolve Wage Theft Lawsuit (press release). /Contents [133 0 R 134 0 R 135 0 R] If I am still needed to provide proof of employment between these time periods you can refer to thier employment records and you will find my name, that is if they haven't discarded my records due to a time lapse resulting from some sort of holding policy. /Resources 132 0 R 17th Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report. >> /Annots [] When I felt dizzy after working on a rolltainer of chemicals I asked to go home once the scheduled cashier for the night and the 3rd key got to the store my manager said yes. Dollar General does not care about how hard their employees work nor the sacrafices that so many make for them. As the prevalence of wage theft continues to grow, funding for the WHD and enforcement levels should rise in relation to the ever-growing and more complex U.S. workforce. /Group 91 0 R /Type /Pages I've had store store managers editing in meal breaks when I never even took one. What can be done about it: Increase funding for the Department of Labors Wage and Hour Division to boost institutional and investigative capacity; engage in proactive and strategic enforcement in those industries where violations are especially severe or rampant; enhance civil monetary penalties for wage and hour violations; protect worker rights to collective action, as union workers are less likely to experience wage theft because they have the bargaining power to establish mechanisms to combat the practice; and strengthen and boost funding for state and local enforcement. A recent report from the National Employment Law Project (NELP) further illustrates the prevalence of wage theft and employers use of forced arbitration agreements to diminish their culpability. % I have worked for Dollar General since February 2018,i have been a keyholder for most of my employment.its very hard to keep employees because we dont get enoigh hours to split between all of us and the pay is not good as it is so only getting 15-20 hours nobody can live off of that.we are only allowed two employees per shift,but are always there atleast 2 if not 3 hours by yourself and if one of those 2 call in more than likely youre stuck by yourself having to run register,stock shelves and do all the daily tasks by yourself,with NO BREAK and ive done it way too many times! she found a way to get rid of all three of us. << Why give to EPI The total value of these class action settlements exceeds the values of the DOL and state-level wage recovery efforts we report above. stream /Parent 11 0 R Two former employees have filed a proposed class action that claims defendant Dollar General Corporation required them to work off the clock without proper overtime. << /Contents [174 0 R] endobj /Type /Page They were already sued once and apparently didn't learn a lesson. I have 2 other key holders, they alternate coming in at 12:15-Close and 5:15-close everyday. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] It was as if I didn't work anymore then what I normally did and got nothing for working on those holidays. /Rect [68.36 679.39 341.33 692.81] Villanueva, Alex. >> The lawsuit was filed in Tennessee on behalf of all individuals employed by the defendant as key holders, i.e. In addition, NA signifies that data was either unavailable or not recorded. /Contents [78 0 R 79 0 R 80 0 R] The federal governments fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30. /Resources 162 0 R I need help also with the other issues I face. Doing so places you under no obligations and does not establish an attorney-client relationship. /BaseFont /Times-Roman << However, many cities and counties in California have a minimum wage that is higher than the state minimum. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Every time I turn around they constantly cut hours from the budget and therefore the only person to work is the manager. We were dating at the time and I told him that he should quit because as a manager he was salary and his paychecks never changed. >> I was literally running 2 stores. >> I have been at my store for almost a year and a half. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Annots [] And in addition to the increase in criminal prosecution mentioned above, some states have instituted criminal fines for wage theft. In addition, NA signifies that data was either unavailable or not recorded. /Type /Pages Yes, theyre there for a short period by themselves, as I am in the morning. State Fights for Employees Wages; Bankruptcy Court Orders Golden Guernsey Dairy to Pay $1.1 Million to Past Employees (press release). /Type /Outlines /StructParents 22 Not only did I work off the clock while on break. It took me 3 months to get adjusted to seeing my own children. /Filter /FlateDecode Well I tried to transfer is was told no I left to week notice that manager text my cell phone the next day acted like it was the dm manager and wanted the keys I brought the keys up and she took them than placed me never to be rehired well first off dollar general will not tell me what she lied on me about . /StructParents 8 /Tabs /S Moreover, the suit alleges that the company intentionally misclassified store managers as executives. How do I get involved? You are the only one left with keys in the store and can't actually go eat where you want. /Parent 11 0 R 18 0 obj << /Group 66 0 R I'm a current store manager, and I have never worked over 50 hours a week, and this is xmas time. 2020. Camp Lejeune residents now have the opportunity to claim compensation for harm suffered from contaminated water. /Annots [] Fine, Janice, Daniel Galvin, Jenn Round, and Hana Shepherd. Number of People in Families With Below-Poverty Earnings Has Soared, Especially Among Black and Latino Individuals (research note). Also note that 2020 totals include some data from 2021, as some states tracked wage recovery efforts by fiscal year instead of calendar year. k`/jJ[4 ,"|D8/6( v JYr-2/ T,}]8 lV$ 9C p }DYxask5k5[kj;CNU0]%XryPGP-7/+PXSrZ8L]V6ORM1vOt;>Obc,)Z=KwU:P9wclwn#[G,o06V{rwJ&`v1Z4-2l2JL/n:tC#L 0?wZUvoGPd\6;J{+HjL2wAvzEf14imYdxz),zSPcfL~X1yamMw~/j35@pBP{VUSy{t|/>#v:d~N+Nb!=&Kx@WR9W #'};hIlO'%:;M#Q4XX.j? /Group 101 0 R While wage theft impacts workers from all income levels, it frequently occurs in low-wage industries. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] I got fired recently by the same manager because I supposedly stole a newspaper. 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. endobj That's no life for anyone. It took me nearly 2 months to put it back together and after they finally found a manager she ended up being terrible and said she didn't want any of the previous staff . We had a manager who took home boxes of old newspapers for her fireplace. All Rights Reserved. November 16, 2021. 19 0 obj Don't understand I worked 50 hour weeks and would only get paid for 40. Saenz, Matt, and Arloc Sherman. New York State Office of Attorney General (NYS OAG). 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. >> Seyfarth Shaw LLP. << /ITXT (2.1.7) Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). I don't understand how someone like that can still be with the company even when acting violently toward customers. While on this team, it was my favorite job the entire 4 years I worked for DG. /Parent 8 0 R Before commenting, please review our comment policy. So I had to tough it out. Defendant (s) Dollar General Dolgencorp, LLC Law (s) Americans With Disabilities Act Civil Rights Act of 1964 State (s) Alabama New to ClassAction.org? Report | Program on Race, Ethnicity and the Economy (PREE), Report By Ihna Mangundayao, Celine McNicholas, Margaret Poydock, and Ali Sait December 22, 2021. After the first year I was lucky to have my family step up and in to be the babysitter. Attorney General James and NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Recover Up to $18.8 Million in Unpaid Wages for 12,000 Home Health Aides (press release). Wherever they needed help I would go, weather it be 22 miles from my home store or 72 miles. I worked 60+ hours a week labeled as a part time employee for 3 months for this company to help them out. /Annots [] /Group 161 0 R Through a 2016 ordinance, Cincinnati created a zero-tolerance policy for wage theft on city development projects that includes penalties and reporting requirements. /Tabs /S A.B. /Font << Retaliation is not only allowed, I personally think it is recommended by many Regional Managers!! I am a DG store manager. January 15, 2021. 47 0 obj The team I had, while performing store manager's job, was great, but it all changed when the company brought in a manager from outside the company. There is no break when youre a key holder for dollar general. /Group 111 0 R /Contents [138 0 R 139 0 R 140 0 R] ;xw You can't even leave the building because you are constantly being called or need to help a cashier. /F2 46 0 R stream << /S /S The value of the top 10 private-plaintiff wage and hour class actions in 2019 totaled $449.05 million, nearly double the 2018 total of $253.5 million, according to a recent report from law firm. The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which passed the House of Representatives in early March 2021 and is now pending before the Senate, would strengthen the rights of workers to join a union and thereby strengthen protections for workers.6. >> For example, Estlund (2018) estimates that 98% of low-wage, private-sector, nonunion employees subject to forced arbitration do not file a wage claim when their wages are stolen (cited in Baran and Campbell 2021). I would like to know what I need to do to also start a lawsuit against them for compensation of pay that I did not receive. Consequently, RDV Construction was ordered to pay $5.4 million in penalties for failing to pay 1,089 workers on time, $1.6 million to 844 employees for minimum wage violations, $1.7 million in damages for the minimum wage violations, $1.77 million for failing to provide 1,125 employees with appropriate rest breaks, $566,897 to 1,111 workers for a lack of appropriate overtime pay, and $882,981 to 1,109 employees for improper wage statements (CA DIR 2019). /Contents [158 0 R 159 0 R 160 0 R] >> I took one to start my old burn barrel. /Tabs /S /Type /Page >> >> /Font << /Parent 8 0 R and that we had to pay her back in working off the clock getting her crappy stores ready for inventory. /Contents [58 0 R 59 0 R 60 0 R] I think most of these comments are from disgruntled team members!!! 3: 679. Have probably about 60-70 hours of OT I worked and was reclassified as straight time or i was removed from schedule even though I worked that day and never recieved compensation. I was an assistant manager and did the job of a regular associate all the time, even worked during my lunch and breaks, stocked shelves, ran register never did much as an assistant manager. That extra half-hour of unpaid work each day represents a loss to the worker (and a gain to the employer) of around $1,400 per year, including the overtime premiums they should have been paid. 4. /StructParents 0 /Contents [108 0 R 109 0 R 110 0 R] I worked for dollar general about 9 years working 60 70 hours or whatever it took still didn't get it all done after being injured I was fired I can go on and on and on how does this company get away with mistreating so many people. /Length 484 On holidays.. Why isn't the labor board not checking this making sure Dollar General is following the labor laws. "The net effect of Dollar General's 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 They work you to the bone completely and all they care about is the customer returning to make more in sales. 2015. The Arbitration Epidemic: Mandatory Arbitration Deprives Workers and Consumers of Their Rights. 24 0 obj An employer must pay overtime for time worked over 40 hours a week. /Length 377 /I0 170 0 R How do taxes and spending work, and where do you fit in? << We were told to clock out at exactly 10 p.m. /Type /Page Please complete this form to request a review of your complaint by an attorney. City of Chicago. /Parent 8 0 R It also prevents offending companies from receiving future contracts with the city (Hussein and Coolidge 2016). I know that I am qualified for a lot from them. I was also a store manager and for 3 months I asked my Dm for help I was egnored.I would work 15 hours by myself no bathroom break. 10. 49 0 obj /Resources 67 0 R I was an assistant manager for Dollar General and I had multiple instances of overtime not paid. Board of Directors 20 0 obj First, you need to submit a claim through WHD (more on this below) and wait for WHD to investigate the claim. /Annots [] /Group 151 0 R 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. << /Resources << 2019). Deterring Wage Theft: Alt-Labor, State Politics, and the Policy Determinants of Minimum Wage Compliance. Perspectives on Politics, 14, no. /Subtype /Type1 Docket Number: 5:19-cv-02124-JGB-SP. endobj I worked for Dollar General for 25 years. Inflation Adjustments to the Civil Monetary Penalties Administered by the Securities and Exchange Commission (fact sheet). endobj He also has us lie to get the store to pass and still hasn't paid me for all the time I worked off the clock. I really believed these type of leaders would be exposed. /Type /Page The direct involvement of criminal prosecutors in particular is likely to significantly deter wage theft, including by those companies with similarly exploitative business models that dismiss monetary penalties as simply part of doing business (Gerstein 2021). This represents a major shift: Historically, wage theft and other crimes against workers have not been tried in the courts and have not involved DAs and state AGs; they have primarily been the domain of labor departments. /Type /Page 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. Your Rights >> /Contents [148 0 R 149 0 R 150 0 R] The lawsuit claims that Dollar General misclassified its employees as exempt from overtime pay and failed to provide proper notices. 2016. >> In the case of Power Design Inc., D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine obtained a settlement of $2.75 million in January 2020. /Contents [103 0 R 104 0 R 105 0 R] As their work prosecuting wage theft grows, these state and local attorneys offices are creating dedicated units to proactively investigate wage theft in addition to handling individual cases as they arise. gsoM gV4'sk?xns0, Higher CMPs that are employed more frequently would create a more effective enforcement structure that increases the cost to employers of shorting workers and adds weight to existing laws. My doctor even freaked about my blood pressure due to the fact that mine always ran so low, that particular day I made myself take long enough break to go to see my Doctor, I had not been in so long because I never had time to go, I was always at work. Nonprofit Professional Employees Union. Wage theft comes at a great cost to workers, but it also shifts costs from the employers to the taxpayers (Cooper and Kroeger 2017). I was putting in 100 hrs a week . If you can get the truck out by the second truck day, there is no reason to be doing truck all week, or to be working extra hours. /StructParents 21 /Subtype /Type1 /Resources << /BS << Always working through meal breaks and doing overnights without getting my money for it after being told by time would have been added in. A network of state and local organizations improving workers' lives through research and advocacy. I work 60 to 80 hours a week. Dollar general was my first job and I was in there til 3am in the morning every time I closed. << >> << 2011). I was promoted to a key holder 6 months in to the job with dollar general. If anyone of us has a no show or call in, we are there to support each other. I am currently a Store Manager for Dollar General. Per the National Employment Law Project, Five states impose treble damages in minimum wage claims: Arizona, Idaho, Massachusetts, New Mexico and Ohio. << About BigClassAction.com My lights got turned off and rent had to paid too. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License 2023 Online Legal Media. Your constantly at the register, doing truck, or recovering the store because if it isnt 100% recovered you get written up. Our analysis shows that the amount of wages recovered for workers dropped significantly in 2020 across all channels of wage recovery. The California labor commissioner cited RDV Construction for $12 million in unpaid wages and additional penalties for more than 1,000 workers employed at 35 jobsites between 2014 and 2017.

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