In this action, we are suing Family Dollar Stores of Connecticut, Inc. for overtime wages that we believe are due Store Managers at Family Dollar Stores in Connecticut. Family Dollar Stores of Connecticut, Inc. classifies its Store Managers as exempt "Executives" and does not pay them for hours worked beyond 40 in a week. We believe that Store Managers spend most of their time performing non-exempt work like processing shipments and stocking shelves and so should not be classified as exempt "Executives." We believe that Store Managers should be paid one and a half times their regular rate for their overtime hours.
We are not alone in this opinion. In 2008, the Eleventh Circut Court of Appeals affirmed a $54,000,000 ruling in favor of approximately 1,400 Store Managers who had joined a similar suit in Alabama. Those Store Managers prevailed because they showed that most of their work was not management but instead consisted of unloading trucks and stocking shelves. An article discussing that ruling, entitled Morgan v. Family Dollar, can be found here.
If you have been an Store Manager in Connecticut from January 2008 to the present, you may be able to participate. You are welcome to call our law firm and we'll do our best to help you. A copy of the lawsuit is found below along with a recent ruling from a judge in New York granting class certification for a New York lawsuit against Family Dollar under New York law. We believe that ruling will provide helpful precedent in our case.
NOTE: IT IS ILLEGAL TO RETALIATE AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE FOR PARTICIPATING IN A LAWSUIT LIKE THIS. WE WILL ACT QUICKLY TO ASSIST ANY PERSON WHO BELIEVES THEY HAVE BEEN THE VICTIM OF RETALIATION.
