This page provides up-to-date information and links to important documents regarding the lawsuit filed against Rural King for failure to pay overtime compensation to Assistant Managers who work at the company’s “Rural King” stores across the United States. The lawsuit alleges that Assistant Managers routinely work more than 40 hours a week in order to perform their job duties but are improperly denied overtime compensation, even though they perform the same job duties as their hourly-paid colleagues. Each store generally has 4 Assistant Managers–Assistant Manager (Home), Assistant Manager (Farm), Assistant Manager (Softlines), and Assistant Manager (Food). The lawsuits assert claims under federal law. A copy of the Complaint can be found here.
The lawsuit alleges that Assistant Managers spend the majority of their time performing the same duties as non-exempt employees, including helping customers, working the cash register, moving products, stocking shelves, cleaning the store, and otherwise standing in as a cashier, stocker, or other hourly worker. The lawsuit alleges that Rural King has a policy, pattern, and/or practice of misclassifying Assistant Managers as exempt from overtime. The lawsuits seek to recover all unpaid overtime owed to Assistant Managers who work or have worked for Rural King during the last several years.
If you work, or worked, as an Assistant Manager at Rural King and would like more information about the lawsuit, please contact Conway Legal at (215) 278-4782.