Lowey Dannenberg Cohen, P.C. Files Employee Class Action Lawsuit Against Best Buy

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A lawsuit has been filed in the Supreme Court of New York on behalf of a class of current and former Best Buy employees alleging violations of New York state labor laws. The lawsuit contends that employees at 33 New York Best Buy stores are subjected to off-the-clock security checks at the end of each shift which can take up to 15 minutes. It also accuses the Richfield, Minnesota-based company of forcing employees to work through meal and rest breaks without compensation.

The suit was filed by Gerald Lawrence of Lowey Dannenberg Cohen and Eric Young of Kenney Egan McCafferty & Young, and alleges that after clocking out, employees are required to wait in line at a security checkpoint along with customers and submit to a search. Employees who work the closing shift are subjected to the longest waits since store policy dictates that all employees gather at the front of the store before beginning security checks.

“Workers are not being paid for mandatory searches which frequently add up to a half hour or more a week per employee,” said Lawrence.

The suit also maintains that employees are routinely required to work during paid meal and/or rest breaks.

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Lowey Dannenberg Cohen, P.C. focuses its practice on complex litigation with an emphasis on three main categories of cases: securities litigation, healthcare litigation, and shareholder and board actions. Whether you are a major shareholder in a publicly traded company, an investment manager or fund administrator, employee health plan, health insurer or corporate board member, you can count on Lowey Dannenberg to invest the time, energy, resources and legal skill to achieve a recovery in your best interest. For more information see www.lowey.com.

About Kenney Egan McCafferty & Young:

Kenney Egan McCafferty & Young is a team of trial lawyers with decades of experience as federal prosecutors and federal agents, as well as extensive experience trying complex criminal and civil cases, that is uniquely qualified to represent the client in complex fraud cases, whether criminal or civil in nature. For more information see www.kemy-law.com.