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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Family Dollar
Current Parent Company: Dollar Tree
Penalty: $35,576,059
Year: 2009
Date: October 15, 2009
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: wage and hour violation
Mega-Scandal: Wage Theft
Violation Description: overtime violation
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of Alabama
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 01-cv-00303
Case Name: Morgan, et al v. Family Dollar Stores
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: verdict
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Virginia
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-discount stores
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Notes: An opt-in class of 1,424 store managers, in a collective action certified by the district court, sued Family Dollar Stores, Inc. for unpaid overtime wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act.?The jury found that the store managers were not exempt executives and that Family Dollar had willfully denied them overtime pay. The jury awarded $19,092,003.39 in overtime wages. The court entered a final judgment of $35,576,059.48 against Family Dollar consisting of $17,788,029.74 in overtime wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages. Family Dollar unsuccessfully appealed the ruling all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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