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Kohl's Assistant Store Mangers Overtime Class/Collective Action

Assistant Store Mangers were working overtime but were misclassified as exempt and not paid for overtime hours in violation of fair wage practices. The Assistant Store Mangers did little, to no managerial duties and primarily did non-management tasks throughout the work day. The Assistant Store Mangers would predominantly clean, stock, fold clothing, run cash registers, and other non-management duties. The Assistant Store Mangers spent the greater percentage of their day doing the same tasks that hourly employees would do. Assistant Store Mangers working for Kohl's worked extremely long, hard hours but were not paid overtime. The Assistant Store Mangers were entitled to be paid fairly for their time pursuant to both federal and state law. Sadly, as a result of being classified as "management," Kohl's Assistant Store Mangers were not paid their overtime wages. The classification of the Assistant Mangers as exempt from overtime wages has very often been determined to violate the law.