Family Dollar Hit With $33.2M Penalty in Overtime Pay Suit

Clint Gilbert
Clint Gilbert
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Posted by Clint GilbertApril 05, 2006 12:13 PM

A jury last month ruled that discount chain Family Dollar owed $19.1 million for systematically classifying some employees as "salaried managers," thus making them ineligible for overtime pay. A federal judge in Alabama has now increased the award to $33.2 million.

The increased award comes after the court found that Family Dollar knew it was violating employment laws when they sat up the classification system for its employees. The decision is being appealed by Family Dollar, who has sucessfully defeated similiar suits in two other federal courts.

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JILL HOHENTHANER
Posted by JILL HOHENTHANER
May 11, 2006 6:24 PM

I have previously worked for family dollar for almost a year as a store manager.I worked almost 80-90 hours a week. I was only paid for 52 hours as you would all know. If whomever filed this suit could please contact me by email and give me some tips as to go on with a suit of my own, i would greatly appreciate it. My dm was a worthless piece and really didn't care. And he wonders why i handed my keys to a cashier and said have a nice life. There is know compensation for working over the 52 hours. And your lucky to get enough payroll to have employees on every shift like they want. Know matter what there is not enough payroll. Thank you for your time.

shay
Posted by shay
May 26, 2006 9:37 PM

I currently work at family dollar and only make 6 dollar a hour there are only 5 of us work there and we are all female.unloading the truck ever week,three of us
keep in mind we are ladies, and they dont hire on full time because they dont wonna give us benfits.and were not allow a 60 day raise unless inventory is good,what a bunch of crap that is, they dont care about us.and we work so hard,we love our job some of us hate to leave but we cant make a livin making 6 bucks.

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