NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — The popular grocery chain Publix is being sued due to alleged unpaid overtime work.
Attorneys with Morgan & Morgan and Shavitz Law Group have filed a collective action lawsuit against Publix over allegations the supermarket chain consistently requires hourly assistant department managers to work off-the-clock without being paid.
The plaintiffs, who worked as assistant department managers at Publix stores in Tennessee, Florida and Georgia, allege the supermarket chain failed to pay them for hundreds of overtime hours. Specifically, plaintiffs allege they were not only compelled to complete various tasks in the stores before clocking in and after clocking out, but also that they were expected to answer texts from colleagues both after-hours and during unpaid lunch breaks. Plaintiffs allege Publix owes them overtime pay for these off-the-clock hours.
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The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Florida federal court, proposes a collective action under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act to include similarly situated employees who worked within the past three years across Publix’s 1,300 locations throughout the Southeastern United States. Any and all of the thousands of Publix assistant department managers who may have been affected by the supermarket chain’s alleged unlawful conduct can join the...
Grace Kang has worked as an attorney specializing in intellectual property and business law for 20 years, the last 16 in the greater Los Angeles area. A graduate of Stanford Law School, she said h...