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If you are or were employed by Defendant Ocean State Jobbers Inc. as an Area Team Leader (“ATL”) at any time from March 28, 2021, to the date of the Notice, please read the Notice you received.
Plaintiffs Jonathan Belanger, Garrett Davis, and Erik Macintyre have filed a lawsuit claiming that Ocean State improperly classified them and all other ATLs as exempt from the overtime pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), resulting in failure to properly compensate them for all of the overtime compensation they claim they should have received. The lawsuit seeks payment of unpaid wages and an additional amount for liquidated damages.
Ocean State strongly denies the allegations and disputes that it owes overtime to Plaintiffs and any ATL and affirmatively states that all ATLs have been properly classified and paid as managers in compliance with applicable law.
The notice is being sent to current and former ATLs who worked for Defendant between three years from March 28, 2021, and the present. The Court has not yet decided who is right and who is wrong and has not taken any position regarding the merits of the Plaintiffs’ claims or Ocean State’s defenses.
PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE COURT OR COURT CLERK REGARDING THIS MATTER.
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If you choose to join this lawsuit, you must follow the instructions on the Consent to Join form and return it in a timely manner. By doing so you may be entitled to share in any money or benefits from a trial or a settlement. You also will be bound by any ruling, judgment, or settlement, whether favorable or unfavorable. If you choose to join, there is a possibility that you may be asked to be a witness or to provide documents or other evidence in this case, although not all individuals who opt-in will be required to do so. If you wish to join this lawsuit, you must complete and return the Consent to Join form and submit it no later than June 28, 2026 to Belanger v Ocean State Jobbers Inc. c/o Notice Administrator, PO Box 23678, Jacksonville, FL 32241. You may sign and submit the Consent to Join Form in the following ways: (1) You can electronically complete and return the “Consent to Join” form on this website and submit it no later than June 28, 2026, or (2) You can complete and return the form included in the Notice by mailing it in the enclosed addressed, postage paid envelope so that it is postmarked no later than June 28, 2026, or (3) You can scan this QR code on the notice which will take you to your “Consent to Join” form and you can sign and return the “Consent to Join” form online ensuring it is submitted no later than June 28, 2026, or (4) You can complete and return the “Consent to Join” form by fax to 877-430-1941 or email it to [email protected] so that the notice administrator receives it no later than June 28, 2026. |
| DO NOTHING | If you choose not to join this lawsuit, you will not be affected by any judgment or settlement rendered in this lawsuit, whether favorable or unfavorable to the opt-in plaintiffs. If you do not join, the statute of limitations on your FLSA claim will continue to run and you may lose some or all of your rights if you do not file your own claim. |