Menards faces a barrage of class action suits for wage theft
Three federal class action suits accuse Menards, the Wisconsin home improvement chain, of withholding overtime pay, forcing workers to toil through their breaks, and failling to compensate employees for attending mandatory company meetings.
The first was filed in Indiana by Maurice Bradley, formerly an hourly worker in Menards' manufacturing division. He alleges that Menards used a "compensation scheme" of requiring workers to clock out for any amount of time spent in breaks, including the mere minutes it takes to use the bathroom, get a drink of water, or smoke a cigarette. Menards would then subtract wages accordingly, violating the Fair Labor Standards Act, Bradley's suit argues.
Ohio retail worker Carrie Santti alleged she would lose about $50 every work week due to the same company-wide policy.
And another Ohio suit, filed by distribution center worker Lyndsey Neal, complains that Menards failed to pay full overtime for workers who routinely averaged 45- or 50-hour work weeks, and did not compensate employees for the time they spent attending mandatory warehouse safety meetings.
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