Tampa Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins Operator Facing Unpaid Overtime Allegations in Suit

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Southern Star Restaurant Management, Inc., which operates in Tampa, Florida as Dunkin Donuts & Baskin Robbins, is the defendant in a proposed class action in which the plaintiff claims the company not only failed to pay proper overtime, but also violated federal law in denying the plaintiff’s leave request to care for her ill father.

Per the lawsuit’s Fair Labor Standards Act claims, the case says the plaintiff has worked for the defendant as a shift leader since May 2016. At various times during the plaintiff’s employment tenure, the defendant has allegedly failed to pay her and similarly situated employees time-and-a-half overtime for all hours worked over 40 each week. The plaintiff alleges the defendant’s general manager was altering proposed class members’ time cards, and observed the individual saying, “I’m not wasting labor on these people.”

Later in the complaint, the plaintiff alleges the defendant violated the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 by denying her request for leave to take care of her father after he suffered a serious health condition. The plaintiff claims her hours were cut in retaliation for asking the defendant for FMLA leave.