Former-Starbucks employee Douglas Troester has won his long-fought battle to be paid for the time he spent closing up after he clocked out. His lawyer, Sean Seterah, says the company never paid Troester for the extra time he spent performing the required work.
“This was not an anomaly. This was not by chance that his occurred. This is how Starbucks created procedures; to have them clock out, do the work, and then leave. So they knew specifically – they had specific knowledge -that all of the deposition testimony, all of the manuals, this is how they designed their system. This is one of the reasons we won the case. The Supreme Court said they can’t do it. And this affects every single employee in California.”
It took six years to win the case.
“We think it’s a great result. And I feel very pleased and humbled to have been a part of this case.”
Sean Seterah was a guest on McIntyre in the Morning.
By Sandy Wells
KABC News