Are you an employee at a nursing home facility operated by HCR ManorCare? In order to comply with HCR ManorCare’s dress code policy, are you required to launder and iron your work uniform at home, “off-the-clock” and without pay? Did you know it’s against the law for an employer to deprive employees of wages owed for work performed for the benefit of the employer? Indeed, federal law requires employers to compensate most employees for all hours worked, including those during which work was performed ostensibly “off-the-clock” and away from the work site.
A publicly-filed lawsuit alleges that HCR ManorCare, which operates at least 291 nursing home facilities in 27 different states, has a nation-wide dress code policy that requires employees to procure uniforms from a single supplier and wear clothes that are “free from wrinkles.” The lawsuit alleges that HCR ManorCare requires its employees to spend several “off-the-clock” hours away from work each week maintaining their uniforms (for example, laundering and ironing them).
The lawsuit alleges that HCR ManorCare, by knowingly allowing its employees to spend “off-the-clock” time maintaining their uniforms, is violating federal law.
If you or someone you know works or has worked at an HCR ManorCare nursing home facility, contact us to discuss your legal options.