Former Panera employees from D.C. and Alabama have filed a class-action lawsuit against the fast-casual deli and bakery chain, claiming they were not paid overtime wages they say they were owed when they worked as assistant managers.
The D.C. employee, Alan Meyer, worked for Panera (NASDAQ: PNRA) in Tenleyown from April to October 2015. He and Alabama Panera employee David Cornelius filed their suit Nov. 29 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Meyer and Cornelius say they were “unlawfully classified as exempt from overtime protections,” and that they worked more than 40 hours per week without being paid a higher overtime wage for extra time at the St. Louis-based chain.
“Meyer regularly worked more than 40 hours per week, and frequently worked approximately 60 hours per week, without being paid overtime,” the suit states.
We have reached out to Panera and will update this story if we get a response.
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