Crosner Legal has filed a class action lawsuit in King County Superior Court against a major global warehouse club retailer, alleging systematic violations of Washington State’s wage and hour laws. The lawsuit contends that the retailer failed to compensate hourly employees for all hours worked and denied them legally required meal and rest breaks.
According to the complaint, the retailer’s timekeeping practices and staffing levels routinely forced employees to work “off-the-clock.” Specifically, the lawsuit alleges that employees were required to wait in long lines to clock in at a single terminal—time during which they were under the employer’s control but not paid. Additionally, the complaint asserts that chronic understaffing forced employees to work through statutory rest breaks and meal periods without additional compensation, a violation of the Washington Industrial Welfare Act (IWA) and Minimum Wage Act (WMWA).
Why This Matters: Washington law is clear: if you are required to be at work, you must be paid. Employers cannot rely on administrative bottlenecks or understaffing to avoid paying workers for every minute of their time.