Walgreen Pharmacists File Unpaid Wages and Overtime Class Action Lawsuit
http://www.bigclassaction.com/lawsuit/walgreen-pharmacists-file-unpaid-wages-overtime.php
From the article:
Los Angeles, CA: An unpaid overtime class action lawsuit has been filed against Walgreen Co. in California federal court by pharmacists alleging the company violated California labor law and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by failing to pay them minimum wage and overtime for training hours and time spent maintaining their uniforms.
According to the lawsuit, lead plaintiff Debra Short was a nonexempt pharmacist with the company from September 1997 to April 2012. During that period, Walgreen denied its pharmacists overtime hours for training and failing to pay them all of their owed wages upon termination.
“As a result of defendants’ unlawful conduct, plaintiff and the other class members have suffered damages in an amount, subject to proof, to the extent they were not paid the full amount of wages earned during each pay period during the applicable limitations period, including overtime wages,” the complaint states.
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Yeah, this made me wonder if another company’s unpaid mandatory meetings would be a violation as well.
I sincerely hope it is a BFD. A certain other company has also failed to pay pharmacists according to state and federal laws. I doubt this will be settled in pharmacists’ favor in my lifetime.