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Walgreens Wage & Labor Class Action Lawsuit
By Mike Holter
According to the class action lawsuit, filed in California Superior Court, Walgreens requires its employees “to clock out of their time-keeping system and proceed to the front of the store in order to wait for and submit to a loss prevention inspection or ‘bag check’ by a member of [Walgreens’] management team.”
The wage and hour class action lawsuit claims these security checks often adds 10 minutes or more to employees’ workdays, for which they are not paid for.
The Plaintiffs’ attorney said these inspections “are clearly done for the benefit of the employer,” and therefore the time it takes to complete them should be compensable under law.
“Employers who fail to pay for time worked during these loss-prevention inspections are failing to pay all wages due to their employees, including overtime wages,” he added.
The case is Hodach, et al. v. Walgreen Co., Case No. 34-2012-00123954, Sacramento County Superior Court of California.
Updated June 12th, 2012
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4 thoughts onWalgreens Wage & Labor Class Action Lawsuit
I worked there after the buyout of rite aid until recently I put my resignation in because all former rite aid employees were being targeted and pushed out
Is it still open how do I get in on it I worked there for seven years left recently still going on especially after closing of store
Is this still open? If so, how do I get in on it?
I noticed that this lawsuit covers only the violations pertaining to the security checks around the stores. Are there any other lawsuit pertaining to off the clock violations such as people in a certain area being required to have on safety shoes before reporting to the shift meeting, which starts at the begining of the shift?
Would like to know what attorney is handling that store case.