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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2022 - 05 - 18 - ID#usim77
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Can we sue Starbucks??? (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by Salt-Bet-4603
Hello, I’m from Chicago and we have a labor law that protects us from working passed our scheduled time unless we agree to it, if we go over 15 minutes our scheduled time we get paid for the entire hour and a premium pay plus we have to sign a “fair work week” sheet stating the scheduled time and the time we actually clocked out if we go over the 15 minute mark (some peoples signatures were also being forged 🥴). Our manager got fired just the other day after many months of contacting our DM about all the harassment/bullying she was doing and also tampering with peoples hours after they’d already worked. People were being paid less due to her adjusting the clocked in hours and we weren’t being paid the premium pay for going over the 15 minutes so now our DM is telling everyone that we will get paid for our premium pay but none of this would’ve happened if she just listened to us from the start. They’re going back almost an entire year to check how much premium pay wasn’t given to us and we’re not sure if all the people that quit are going to get their money. \#starbucks \#tobeapartner \#fuckthebuck
TRoseee 15 points 1y ago
You need to contact a class action lawyer. That would most likely be your best bet. You can sue any company you’ve worked for most the time if they’ve violated labor laws (I’ve personally worked for the international restaurants that have been sued) but people here will not be the best place to get info on if you have enough to go forward with a case. That would be something only a lawyer would be able to know.
hollsberry 5 points 1y ago
I work in the suburbs. Is this a law in the city or the whole state of IL? Very curious. I’ve been having to stay late a lot late.
Beneficial-Base5698 1 points 1y ago
Only Chicago.
glittersparklythings 5 points 1y ago
File a complaint with the labor board. In CA there is a fee they don’t have to pay for every day someone did not appropriately get paid. There might also need to extra compensation for you guys as well. Have everyone do this. If they see multiple complaints from the same store.

And also absolutely talk to a labor lawyer. There is nothing that can be harmed from this at all.
0x52and1x52 1 points 1y ago
If Starbucks corrects the issue then no. You also likely sign a forced arbitration agreement upon hire but I think the legality of those varies state-to-state. I could definitely be wrong on that part though.
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