Tag: Rite Aid

Jury Awards $2.6M to Pharmacist With Needle Phobia

By Kathryn McGovern Mar 4, 2015 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Mar 4, 2015

Rite Aid Corp. will soon appeal a $2.6 million jury award for a pharmacist who is afraid of needles, according to recent court filings. A federal jury determined in January that the pharmacist’s phobia was a disability covered by the Americans with Disabilities and that he was fired because of that fear. Christopher Stevens, who […]

News Notes: “Exempt” Drugstore Managers Sue For Millions In Unpaid Overtime

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Apr 1, 1999 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 19, 2015

Rite Aid Corp. has been slapped with a class action lawsuit claiming that as many as 1,600 managers and assistant managers at approximately 800 drugstores in California were improperly classified as exempt from overtime. The employees charge that Rite Aid put pressure on managers to deny overtime to hourly clerks and, as a result, managers […]