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Costco Sued for False Imprisonment of Employees

By Robert Kraft

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Bloomberg News (5/16, Gullo, Fisk) reported, "Costco Wholesale Corp., the largest U.S. warehouse club, was sued by a California worker who accuses the retailer of false imprisonment for locking in employees against their will at closing time." The complaint by "Mary Pytelewski, a cash register clerk at a Costco warehouse in San Marcos, California, alleges the company violates wage laws by refusing to allow workers to clock back in and be paid for the extra time they're locked in while managers close stores, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday in state court in San Diego."

From the American Association for Justice news release.

Full post as published by Personal Injury and Social Security Disability Blog on May 19, 2009 (boomark / email).

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