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Abercrombie & Fitch Violations
Hey, welcome to the pier! This is one of five greetings one would get when they enter Hollister Co. The company has a very specific image from the dim lightings to the associates. Because the associates are very limited due to the “look policy” the amount of associates are limited. With limited associates, the amount of hours an associate works can sometimes violate labor laws. Abercrombie & Fitch has faced countless lawsuits in the past few years due to their strict policies.
New Jersey has many labor laws protecting minors, and A&F has a tendency to break it. New Jersey State labor laws states that “a minor cannot work from 11 pm to 6 am. Minors are also entitled to a 30 minute meal break after 5 continuous hours of work” (Department Of Labor). Those two laws were broken countless times in Menlo Park Mall Hollister Co.. The “kids” as the managers likes to call the associates, worked anywhere from 5 to hours a day. A 4 hour shift comes with a 15 minute break. However not many associates know about the 15 minute break because the managers are encouraged not to notify them. The 30 minute break that employees are entitled to is also denied many times by the managers. Often when an associate asks the manager if they can go on break the answer is “later”. Although the company has yet to be sued for breaking child labor laws, they have definitely been sued for “look policies”.
The “Look Policy” is something an associate should never consider disobeying if they want to keep their job with Abercrombie & Fitch. The company has revised their rules on the look policies after being sued a couple of years ago. A girl who wore a hijab to work at Hollister Co. was suspended and then fired because “a human resource official from the company told that her head scarf violated the store's look policy and she refused to take it off” (Fox News). Every 3-4 months the company comes out with AAAs. The AAAs is a list of items
Hey, welcome to the pier! This is one of five greetings one would get when they enter Hollister Co. The company has a very specific image from the dim lightings to the associates. Because the associates are very limited due to the “look policy” the amount of associates are limited. With limited associates, the amount of hours an associate works can sometimes violate labor laws. Abercrombie & Fitch has faced countless lawsuits in the past few years due to their strict policies.
New Jersey has many labor laws protecting minors, and A&F has a tendency to break it. New Jersey State labor laws states that “a minor cannot work from 11 pm to 6 am. Minors are also entitled to a 30 minute meal break after 5 continuous hours of work” (Department Of Labor). Those two laws were broken countless times in Menlo Park Mall Hollister Co.. The “kids” as the managers likes to call the associates, worked anywhere from 5 to hours a day. A 4 hour shift comes with a 15 minute break. However not many associates know about the 15 minute break because the managers are encouraged not to notify them. The 30 minute break that employees are entitled to is also denied many times by the managers. Often when an associate asks the manager if they can go on break the answer is “later”. Although the company has yet to be sued for breaking child labor laws, they have definitely been sued for “look policies”.
The “Look Policy” is something an associate should never consider disobeying if they want to keep their job with Abercrombie & Fitch. The company has revised their rules on the look policies after being sued a couple of years ago. A girl who wore a hijab to work at Hollister Co. was suspended and then fired because “a human resource official from the company told that her head scarf violated the store's look policy and she refused to take it off” (Fox News). Every 3-4 months the company comes out with AAAs. The AAAs is a list of items