endobj This decline could be attributed to the Supreme Courts 2018 ruling in Epic Systems v. Lewis, which allows employers to force workers to use arbitration instead of class action lawsuits in cases of wage theft. endstream /Annots [] /Type /Page Despite class action settlements recovering the most wages for employees over these years, the value of the top 10 class action settlements peaked in 2016 at $695.5 million and has declined since (see Figure A) (Seyfarth Shaw LLP 2021). >> endobj Heres How My Office Is Working to Stop It. Washington Post, March 23, 2021. 6. /Subtype /Link >> Two Billion Dollars in Stolen Wages Were Recovered for Workers in 2015 and 2016and Thats Just a Drop in the Bucket. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] The U.S . ADA Member Advantage endorses Stynt for . I am being discriminated against by the Dollar General Store in central Michigan. Not only did I work off the clock while on break. endobj Finally, these stolen wages hurt local economies and tax revenues. Wasn't too hard to quit. /Group 126 0 R As soon as i mentioned it.I knew it was a problem. They treat their employees like shit. According to the plaintiffs in the wage and hour lawsuit, Verizon did not properly document employees' pay, making it functionally impossible to determine if employees were receiving appropriate wages. I could get a lot of people in trouble being with the company for so long I've seen a lot and heard a lot. I worked at Dollar general from 2015 until 2016 when my mom died. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] I am also a former manager of Dollar General and was never contacted about the class action lawsuit case number 706 - CV 01537 I was also required to work non-managerial duties in the average of 70-90 hours a week and sometimes more hours a week without compensation. On holidays.. 2020. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 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. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Further, as many as 26% of the 17.75 million private-sector, nonunion workers subject to forced arbitration, or 4.6 million workers, experienced wage theft in 2019. /Type /Page 16 0 obj /Annots [] I am currently still employed with dollar general .I have worked as a cashier to a store manager since 2010.I have been a great employee for them I work 60 hours a week on a salary that is barely enough to live on. Jun. /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] I made less than a cashier at Target. I got fired recently by the same manager because I supposedly stole a newspaper. /Parent 10 0 R >> << Wage theft devastates individual workers, their families, and their communities. It is very true that as an hourly manager you get an unpaid hour lunch and are not allowed to leave and it's states it as uninterrupted lunch but that is completely false. Another store that we worked in multiple times in our own district had a basement to it, and I found black mold there, and informed my DM, who proceeded to try to hide it after it was discovered that it had moved to the receiving room upstairs. December 16, 2020. /Filter /FlateDecode I am currently a Store Manager for Dollar General. In addition, NA signifies that data was either unavailable or not recorded. However, many cities and counties in California have a minimum wage that is higher than the state minimum. /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] I also was the closest to the store and on one day the police called me to tell me if I didn't come in they was going to close the store for the employee that was working pass out .and a customer is the one to tell the officers that I was a employee so I went up and kept.the doors open til close. 2020. Can someone help us with this? I've always been through the toughest situations in my career there and have been through 8 store managers since I've been there. But I must say, the low salary isn't worth all the work required of the job, and definitely needs to be increased if they want me to stay much longer. In addition to action by states, a number of cities have also begun to directly combat wage theft in recent years. Yes, you can sue for being underpaid. I came to work faithfully on time always early before opening hours. >> /Annots [] >> Wal-Mart faces 39 class action lawsuits involving hundreds of thousands of workers seeking tens of millions of dollars.