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Case ID: 4522 | Employment | 11/10/2005
According to Mark Curless, a resident of Cody, Wyoming and a former employee, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has cheated him and other employees for time worked, including overtime hours.
The lawsuit was filed by Curless against the world's largest retailer because recently discovered memos show it has deleted thousands of hours of time worked from payroll records in a practice known as "time shaving," according to the complaint filed in U.S. District Court and assigned to Judge Alan Johnson in Cheyenne. "Injustice can be avoided only if the Court mandates that Wal-Mart, as an (employer) of thousands of Wyoming citizens, pay its employees (which it refers to as 'family' members) all wages earned," according to the complaint filed by Curless's attorney. Wal-Mart did this in at least five ways, according to Curless' lawsuit: * Altering employees' records to make it appear as if their workdays ended one minute after their meal periods ended, which effectively denied them three or four hours of pay. * Deleting overtime hours over 40 hours. * Deleting employee time card punches so they would not be paid for an entire day or afternoon of work. * Altering records to make it appear employees took meal periods when they did not. * Failing to pay employees for all reported time. According to the complaint, plaintiffs in other class-action lawsuits in other states have obtained databases with this evidence, but that information is under protective order, unavailable to people in Wyoming, and Wal-Mart has denied these allegations. The lawsuit has thousands of potential members in the class action, which attorneys expect will be joined with similar litigation elsewhere in the country. At Lawcash.com, it is our goal to keep you informed about important legal cases, class actions and settlements. Our lawyers offer free legal evaluations in tort cases, class actions, personal injury, and other lawsuits because we are dedicated to helping you resolve your legal complaints. Other Employment Cases of Interest A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District Court of Florida against Palm Beach Lawn Maintenance, Inc. The case involves violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act which establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments. No additional information about the substance of the allegations is available at this time. Classactionamerica.com will monitor this case and provide additional details as soon as they become available. Continental Tire North America Inc. retirees have filed a class-action lawsuit against the company over medical benefits. A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of administrative assistants employed by cosmetics manufacturer Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. and certain of its affiliate companies. The suit alleges that Estee Lauder failed to pay its administrative assistants actual and overtime pay for all hours worked, as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act. The suit seeks actual and overtime pay, interest, and liquidated damages on behalf of the class. International Business Machines Corporation, (IBM) faces a lawsuit that was filed in federal court for allegedly not paying overtime to tens of thousands of rank-and-file employees. We still don't know who sent those two letters filled with anthrax that killed two U.S. Postal workers in Washington, D.C. A $100 million class action has been filed against the U.S. Postmaster General John E. Potter and several other administrative personnel at the U.S. Postal Service processing and distribution center on Brentwood Road in Northeast Washington on behalf of Brentwood postal workers who allege that their Fifth Amendment right to due process of law under the U.S. Constitution was violated when they were exposed to anthrax but not treated in the same efficient manner as victims on Capitol Hill who were exposed when a letter containing the deadly virus was opened in the office of Senator Tom Daschle on October 14, 2001. A class action lawsuit has been filed in federal court against Florida based lender Cash-2-U, Inc. The case involves violations of federal labor law. No additional information about the substance of the allegations is available at this time. Classactionamerica.com will monitor this case and provide additional details as soon as they become available. |
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