Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) has found itself embroiled in a lawsuit filed by its stores’ assistant managers over overtime payments.

The lawsuit, filed by 18 assistant managers in 14 states, claims that Dick’s violated several laws in regards to unpaid overtime, KDKA, a CBS affiliate out of Pittsburgh, reported.

The class-action suit contends that the sporting goods retailer classified the assistant managers as “exempt” from overtime payments, which the complaint said is a violation of state and federal laws.

Attorney Greg I. Shavitz from the law firm of Shavitz Law Group, P.A., told the news outlet in a statement, “Dick’s Sporting Goods settled a similar overtime lawsuit for assistant store managers nationally for $10 million in 2016. The lawsuit claims Assistant Store Managers continue to work long uncompensated overtime hours.”

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are reportedly seeking overtime pay and damages dating back three years.

Dick’s Sporting Goods closed all of its stores in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. In April, the company furloughed “a significant number” of its employees, saying it made the decision with “heavy heart.”

The company reported an increase in consolidated same-store sales for fiscal 2019 of 3.7% and a consolidated net income of $297.5 million for the year.

Shares of Dick's Sporting Goods stock were up 1.86% as of 1:39 p.m. EDT on Wednesday.

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Dick's Sporting Goods stopped selling hunting gear at over 100 of its stores as part of a test run. A sign hangs outside of a Dick's Sporting Goods store on February 28, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. Citing the recent shooting at Stoneman Douglas School in Parkland, Florida, the sporting goods retailer announced today that it would no longer sell firearms to anyone under 21 years of age, no longer sell high capacity magazines, and would no longer sell assault-style rifles at any company owned stored. Getty Images/Scott Olson
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