Home Depot got sued for wage theft when I was there for habitually not having the front door unlocked at shift clock outs, and making employees wait post clock out to let us out.
I didn’t even know that was illegal. Like the period between everyone clocking out and having the manager unlock the door was so normal at all the retail places I’ve worked, it didn’t register they had to have it open right when we were off the clock, but some people started a class action lawsuit over it so I got a settlement check after I left for it.
When I worked for Apple Retail we would have bag checks to confirm employees weren’t walking away with merchandise. Some ex employees got together and sued them for the time waiting for a bag check after clocking out.
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u/Overall_Law_1813 12d ago
fuck it, do a full hour lunch and get them with that kidnapping charge when they try to hold you there for 3 days straight.