Dick’s Sporting Goods Owes Pro+ Salespeople Unpaid Commissions, Class Action Alleges

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Three Dick’s Sporting Goods employees claim in a proposed class action lawsuit that the retailer has wrongfully withheld commissions earned by them and other salespeople within the golf department of its Pro+ stores.

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The 16-page lawsuit says that Dick’s implemented its “premium equipment commission program” (PECP) in 2021, which purports to provide Pro+ golf department salespeople with a chance to earn three percent of any qualifying sale. However, the plaintiffs—current employees in Wisconsin—allege that the retailer never informed them or other salespeople about the program and has failed to pay the commissions they rightfully earned under its terms.

One plaintiff says that while reviewing a 2023 earnings statement—which looked “slightly different” from past statements because the company had recently changed payroll systems—he noticed a line-item entitled “Commission” that had not been included in previous statements. The man also observed that he had received commission payments that pay period, the case says.

When the plaintiff inquired about the commission payments, his manager indicated that “he was not aware of any commission structure for golf sales associates at Dick’s and did not know why [the employee’s] earnings statement showed a payment for commissions,” the complaint shares.

As the filing tells it, further investigation by the plaintiff’s manager revealed that unbeknownst to the staff, salespeople at Dick’s Pro+ stores, including their location, “had been and were eligible to earn a commission” on certain sales under the PECP. In fact, the manager determined that approximately $400,000 in sales would have qualified for the commission program in 2023, the lawsuit relays.

According to the suit, the plaintiff was informed by Dick’s corporate personnel that the company “had not properly implemented the commission program” and, therefore, failed to pay salespeople the commissions they had rightfully earned.

Though the retailer confirmed that commissions under the program are owed to employees, to date, the plaintiffs and other salespeople have not received all the payments entitled to them, the case contends.

The lawsuit looks to represent anyone currently or formerly employed by Dick’s Sporting Goods in a Pro+ store as a commissioned salesperson since January 1, 2021.

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