To deal with this competitive pressure they exploited their Freight Operations Supervisors by forcing them to do large amounts of non-managerial, clerical tasks and work excessive amounts of overtime, failing to pay them any overtime wages. Additionally, under federal law, the entire amount that has been wrongfully withheld may be doubled in a court's discretion. We believe that our clients were wrongfully denied payment for overtime hours that they worked. In short, we believe that they were misclassified as supervisors for the purposes of exempting them from application of the overtime laws. Thus, we believe that the company improperly classified them as being exempt from the payment of overtime.
Some employees allege they have been locked in the store overnight.
The laws of most states require that employers keep accurate records of all hours worked by their employees and pay them for all time worked. Some state laws also require that employees be given regular meal and rest breaks, during which they should not be required to work and should be free to leave the store. In some states, employees who work more than 40 hours per week must be paid overtime. The Furth Firm currently represents former Wal-Mart employees in California, Massachusetts and Oklahoma. The Firm is also investigating allegations in other states that Wal-Mart is forcing its employees to work off the clock and during meal and rest breaks but not paying its them for all of the time that they work and failure to pay overtime.