A group of current and former Dollar Tree employees filed an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit against Dollar Tree, claiming that the company violated overtime rules in 48 states.
The lead plaintiffs in the unpaid overtime lawsuit, Theresa Croy, Kimberly Cruz, and Dee Crouch, claim that Dollar Tree both required and permitted their employees to work overtime and off-the-clock hours without proper compensation.
There are 4,209 other plaintiffs involved in this unpaid overtime lawsuit as well, all of which are current or former Dollar Tree Hourly Associates or Assistant Store Managers.
According to the Dollar Tree unpaid overtime lawsuit, hourly Associates and Assistant Store Managers are forced to work off-the-clock when performing certain duties for their job.
These duties include making bank deposits, working during meal periods, and performing jobs like unloading trucks, stocking inventory and cleaning, among others.
The Dollar Tree lawsuit claims that this was unpaid overtime, violating both federal and state wage and hour laws.
This unpaid overtime lawsuit was filed on November 28, 2011 in Illinois, and it was later transferred to Virginia. The case was conditionally certified as an unpaid overtime class action on October 2, 2012.
The Court had denied the first two motions for approval of a possible settlement, citing inadequate evidence for the amount requested for attorneys’ fees and expenses.
However, the two parties’ Third Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement for $600,000 was recently approved. The accompanying Petition for Approval of Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses was only partially granted.
While the petition asked for approval of $1,575,000 in fees, the Court reduced this fee request to $1,000,000, which they approved.
Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuits
There are a series of both federal and state wage and hour laws put in place to protect workers and ensure they are treated fairly.
However, many workers across the country do not know the protections that the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) offers, which can lead to employers taking advantage of them, in some cases requiring unpaid overtime work despite the illegality of doing so.
Some workers may find themselves unable to file wage and hour complaints like unpaid overtime lawsuits because they are not aware of FLSA rules. Other workers may be afraid that their employers will retaliate if they speak up about FLSA violations like unpaid overtime.
However, to protect workers who help to enforce FLSA rules, laws also exist to protect workers from discrimination based on wage and hour complaints.
If you have worked for an employer like Dollar Tree that has failed to adequately follow the Fair Labor Standards Act or state labor laws, such as unpaid overtime requirements, you may be able to either join a wage and hour class action lawsuit or file a suit of your own.
The Dollar Tree Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit is LaFleur v. Dollar Tree Stores, inc., et al., Case No. 2:12-cv-363, in the U.S. District Court for the Norfolk Division of the Eastern District of Virginia.
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8 thoughts onDollar Tree Employees File Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit
I ws employed by $🌲on iron range, northern MN as merch assistant mngr. our st.mngr ws terminated after I noticed she ws editing my wrkd hrs 2fit her payroll. Monthly visits frm ourDM never caught this, I had 2point it out! St mngr ws terminated immediately.
After 4months they slowly fired evry employee tht ws shorted hrs..(I wrkd there 5+yrs!)hve yet2receive a dime frm them4all wrkd hrs cut frm me. 6+plus months after terminating st.mngr.
Dept of Labor is investigatin
I wnt all $ frm2 yrs back tht I’m entitled! I wnt it in writing why they are responsible 2 repay me this$. I’ve requested exact reasoning behind my termination-nothing. Nor a phone call/letter explaining anything.
Feels like they expected me2go away, & let everything go, likely2use my unjustified termination as ammo. St mngr. broke the law, dm continued not doing her job, her boss didn’t check on her&so 4th.
How do I obtain the settlement funds or what do I have to do?
Jean Boone I worked for dollar tree for 13 years as an assistant manager and there were many times I was working off the clock and alone in the store while the manager stood outside and smoked.This was during the holiday season and customers were backed all the way to the back of the store. I worked during my meal breaks, unloaded trucks, stocked shelves waited on customers under someone else register number and was blamed for shortages on that register. I worked stocking shifts at night and was told that the hours would be put on my next week check so I would not go over 40 hours. I estimate I worked at lease 200 hours without pay. Also I was denied my $300.00 for the loss of my father during my time with store 1458 manager Amy Davis. I only learned about this payment when I was moved to the Shelby store for telling the district manager about the new manager spending all her time smoking and not getting any work done. The manager at that store told me about it when my sister died. She made sure I got my money. Her name was Wanda Price and she was the only good manager I had the whole time I worked for dollar tree. But there were still times I worked off the clock for her.
I work for dollartree and I would like to no how can I sign up for this class action suit against dollar Tree.
I Kyle C. Worked for Coxsackie NY location as Assistant Manager and was forced to work off the clock regularly, take breaks for long periods of time yet be forced to work on them, along with several other related things.
Am still waiting to get paved what up dollar tree where you at
I heard about this case from a form employee. I Keisha McDowney, was also an employee for dollar tree. I was underpaid, I worked off the clock plenty of times. I was also left alone in the store numerous time to run the whole store; me the only employee in the store to greet, help customers and check them out! then left to close the store alone and make cash deposits at night. Can someone please reach out to me
I Janifer Amparano was also working for dollar tree and going off clock 2am until 9 or 10am and wasn’t getting my hours correct we were so stocked up and weren’t getting brakes I also sign lawsuit papers but never received anything in the mail relocated. Having trouble since I moved on getting a hold of anybody with what was supposed to be sent from lawsuit .