Walmart Sued in Alameda County For Wage Theft

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2015/04/09/walmart-sued-in-alameda-county-for-wage-theft

Walmart is facing a class action lawsuit in Alameda County Superior Court that alleges that the giant retailer has been engaging in wage theft by using so-called “assistant store managers” to do the work of lower-level employees in order to avoid paying overtime. The suit was filed earlier this year by Bonnie Cardoza, an assistant manager at Walmart for close to five years. According to the suit, Cardoza, as an assistant manager, performed many of the same tasks as hourly employees — greeting customers, taking inventory, operating self-checkout areas, among many other duties. But unlike hourly employees, she performed these duties for more than eight hours each day without receiving overtime.