PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept. 25, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The law firms of Mager & Goldstein LLP and Console Law Offices LLC announce that on behalf of their clients Tracy Kronick and Jen Kaczmarski, they have filed a class and collective action against bebe stores, inc. (Nasdaq:BEBE), in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
The complaint alleges that bebe stores violated the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") and the New Jersey Wage Payment Laws by willfully failing to pay store managers, store co-managers and sales leaders for all time worked, including overtime compensation. The complaint includes allegations that store managers were required to "shave" (i.e., delete) all hours recorded in excess of forty (40) hours in a work week. It also alleges that Store Managers and Sales Leaders were required to work "off the clock" during meal breaks, to recruit for employees for bebe stores, to solicit for attendance at store function such as "trunk shows", to stay late to prepare the store for corporate visits and to close the stores, all in addition to their 40-hour work week and without compensation.
Mager & Goldstein has offices in Pennsylvania, Florida and Arizona. The firm's attorneys have been litigating complex commercial matters, including employment discrimination matters for over twenty-five years. For further information please call 866-284-3280 (toll free), email us at info@magergoldstein.com or visit our website www.magergoldstein.com.
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