Target warehouse employees demand pay for long walks to dept workstations

[1srelluc]

Employees of multiple Target warehouses in upstate New York have filed a lawsuit against the company, saying they should be paid for the time walking to and from their workstations.

The complaint alleges violations of New York labor laws and was filed Aug. 26 in U.S. District Court in Albany, according to local paper Times Union. The law firm representing the employees estimate that thousands of workers could be due thousands of dollars in back pay for each year they were employed at the two warehouses dating back to 2019.

The two sites, located in in the towns of Wilton and Florida employ a combined 2,000 people. The Wilton warehouse has 1.5 million square feet of space, and the Florida warehouse, located just outside the city of Amsterdam, is 1.8 million square feet.

“Hourly employees of the warehouses are required to walk long distances — up to approximately half a mile — to and from their assigned departments, where they are required to clock in at the start of each shift and clock out at the end of each shift,” the lawsuit states.

Jeanna Kratzert, a former employee at the Wilton warehouse, and Neil Mosher, who works there now, filed the lawsuit. Kratzert told local news outlet WNYT that when working there, it took her up to 10 minutes to walk to her assigned places to clock in or out. The lawsuit alleges an employee not paid for that time can miss out on up to $2,000 per year.

Lawsuit: Employees at Target warehouses seek pay for time spent walking to clock in and out

Employees at the Target warehouses in Wilton and Amsterdam have filed a lawsuit, saying they should be paid for the time it takes them to walk in between departments.

wnyt.com

I agree, the time clock should be at the entrance, time is money.
That way employees that work in the back corner get paid the same as someone in the front.

You should not get punished in pay just because your job happens to be the farthest away in a massive warehouse.

If memory serves Amazon workers had to wait 30 minutes or so off the clock before they could leave to get their shit searched and get through metal detectors. They sued and won.

 

[LuckyDuck01!]

I used to backpack a lot and it's good for you. They probably need the exercise anyway.
I think it's time for Target to look at what some large factories are doing in that they have replaced workers with industrial robots that move across the floors doing the jobs that people did. So, if they want to *****, Target needs to see where robots can be put in and let the people go.

 

[toobfreak]

I agree, the time clock should be at the entrance, time is money.
That way employees that work in the back corner get paid the same as someone in the front.

Well, I have mixed feelings about this. I've worked in places that after you punched in, you rode in a little golf cart sort of 2 passenger little vehicle just to get around, otherwise, you had a 30 minute walk just to get to your building. Another job, I arrived early and spent 20 minutes or so going through reading and catching up on company mail and announcements first so that when my scheduled start time arrived, I was fully abreast of issues and ready to hit the ground running doing my regular work.

I'm not sure I see how walking to your workstation is any different than your drive to work.

 

[1srelluc]

Well, I have mixed feelings about this. I've worked in places that after you punched in, you rode in a little golf cart sort of 2 passenger little vehicle just to get around, otherwise, you had a 30 minute walk just to get to your building. Another job, I arrived early and spent 20 minutes or so going through reading and catching up on company mail and announcements first so that when my scheduled start time arrived, I was fully abreast of issues and ready to hit the ground running doing my regular work.

I'm not sure I see how walking to your workstation is any different than your drive to work.

We didn't punch a clock when I worked at DuPont but one member from the outgoing shift would meet us with the golf cart and we drove to where I worked (outside tank farm and inside solvent reclamation unit) and we did shift turnover in our office.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

We didn't punch a clock when I worked at DuPont but one member from the outgoing shift would meet us with the golf cart and we drove to where I worked (outside tank farm and inside solvent reclamation unit) and we did shift turnover in our office.

Here's a converse story for you. My wife worked in a call center. The time clock was your computer log in. The company would not allow you to clock in early to get your system programs all up so that you could commence work on time. The delay caused the employee's stats to suffer because there was a period of about 10 minutes of no production, and poor performance would result in sanctions against your record, including termination for not meeting assigned call volume.

The employees sued and won. The company must allow them to now log on as much as 10 minutes before their shift began to get on-line and the company was forced to pay them for their time.

 

[Freddi00]

If the company requires you to be there and walk that far just to even start your shift, it feels like part of the job. Ten minutes each way adds up over a year. Having the clock at the entrance sounds like the simplest fix so everyone’s time is counted fairly.

 

[otto105]

I used to backpack a lot and it's good for you. They probably need the exercise anyway.
I think it's time for Target to look at what some large factories are doing in that they have replaced workers with industrial robots that move across the floors doing the jobs that people did. So, if they want to *****, Target needs to see where robots can be put in and let the people go.

Such a good corporate stooge.

 

[petro]

Target is now laying off 1,000 workers.

Pretty sure they don't care about the ten minutes

 

[justoffal]

Employees of multiple Target warehouses in upstate New York have filed a lawsuit against the company, saying they should be paid for the time walking to and from their workstations.

The complaint alleges violations of New York labor laws and was filed Aug. 26 in U.S. District Court in Albany, according to local paper Times Union. The law firm representing the employees estimate that thousands of workers could be due thousands of dollars in back pay for each year they were employed at the two warehouses dating back to 2019.

The two sites, located in in the towns of Wilton and Florida employ a combined 2,000 people. The Wilton warehouse has 1.5 million square feet of space, and the Florida warehouse, located just outside the city of Amsterdam, is 1.8 million square feet.

“Hourly employees of the warehouses are required to walk long distances — up to approximately half a mile — to and from their assigned departments, where they are required to clock in at the start of each shift and clock out at the end of each shift,” the lawsuit states.

Jeanna Kratzert, a former employee at the Wilton warehouse, and Neil Mosher, who works there now, filed the lawsuit. Kratzert told local news outlet WNYT that when working there, it took her up to 10 minutes to walk to her assigned places to clock in or out. The lawsuit alleges an employee not paid for that time can miss out on up to $2,000 per year.

Lawsuit: Employees at Target warehouses seek pay for time spent walking to clock in and out

Employees at the Target warehouses in Wilton and Amsterdam have filed a lawsuit, saying they should be paid for the time it takes them to walk in between departments.

wnyt.com

I agree, the time clock should be at the entrance, time is money.
That way employees that work in the back corner get paid the same as someone in the front.

You should not get punished in pay just because your job happens to be the farthest away in a massive warehouse.

If memory serves Amazon workers had to wait 30 minutes or so off the clock before they could leave to get their shit searched and get through metal detectors. They sued and won.

I happen to agree with this....