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Judge Spero signs Motion to Settle FLSA collective action
RGIS LLC has agreed to pay out a $27 million settlement in a collective action that includes around 30,000 former and current RGIS hourly employees. The settlement was a result of the charge that RGIS LLC has allegedly violated the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the wage and hour laws of California, Illinois, Oregon, and Washington by failing to properly pay and comply all wages including donning of equipment and pre-inventory waiting time.
Former and current RGIS hourly employees have been seeking compensation for all hours worked, and obtaining injunctive relief to prevent future violations by RGIS.
The court has scheduled a hearing for final approval of the settlement on January 28, 2011.
A quick timeline and important events of the case:
Please visit, Updates on the Class Action Lawsuit for a complete timeline of the case.
Please visit, Updates on the Class Action Lawsuit for a complete timeline of the case.
- January 28, 2011. The courts sets this date for final approval of the settlement.
- September 2010. RGIS LLC agrees to pay out a $27 million settlement in a nationwide wage-and-hour collective action that includes around 30,000 RGIS hourly employees.
- August 2010. Finally, after almost a year of silence about the case, there is a possible settlement of the case that needs to be approved by the Court. If the Court approves the settlement, you will be getting a notice by mail within 60 days. The amount of the settlement will depend on each person's length of employment, hours worked along with other factors.
- August 2009. A federal judge has dismissed commute time claims in a wage-and-hour class action against RGIS LLC, but kept alive claims related to donning and waiting time.
- June 2009. The court of Appeals has denied RGIS' request to appeal the trial court's ruling on class certification. The court also denied RGIS' motion to decertify plaintiff's claims for donning and pre-inventory waiting time claims. A judge has agreed to drop certain late-filing opt-in plaintiffs from an employment class action against leading retail inventory and data collection firm RGIS LLC alleging that the company fails to pay workers for time spent traveling to job sites or donning equipment.
- February 2009. A court order has granted motion for class certification in favor of the Plaintiff and denied RGIS' motion for decertification.
- January 2009. Judge Joseph Spero, held a hearing on Plaintiff's Motion for class certification and Defendant's Motion for Decertification.
The big question remains: Will the lawyers of the Plaintiff agree with the $27 Million settlement offer from RGIS LLC? That question remains to be settled first.
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That's great news. Can't wait to claim my share :)
ReplyDeleteI think you need to register at www.Law360.com in order to access the full story.
ReplyDeleteAt last, the lawsuit is going somewhere. This is a good development. Just like me, I can't wait to see the final settlement. great info Mr. Mariner.
ReplyDeleteBut we still have to wait for 60 days That's is according to Grady-Schneider Law office. I have received an email couple of weeks ago. And I think all employees who opted for the case has received as well.
ReplyDeleteThe final court hearing regarding the settlement isn`t scheduled until January 28 2011.So RGIS still has another four months to recoup their 27 million,in case they already haven`t done so in the last year and a half.
ReplyDeleteDo anyone have that law office number
DeleteI agree. I just called the Grady law office and the final court hearing is set next year. But I wonder how RGIS will recoup (to borrow your own word) $27Million since as we all know, we don't have much inventory stores in the holidays.
ReplyDeleteSetting the final court hearing next year? That's plain and simple delaying tactics.
ReplyDeleteWhy sit and procrastinate on paying their employees, both past and current. The company has done wrong since the first lawsuit and they keep doing things that are against the labor laws. I say that RGIS should also be fined for breaking the labor laws in each of the states that are in this lawsuit. We all know that RGIS is and will continue to treat their employees like crap and get away with it!! I will never understand why I was with the company as long as I was. Putting up with the BS and extreme hours of working and not seeing my home in 2-3 days at a time. NO JOB IS WORTH THAT!!!!
ReplyDeleteI second the motion. No company is worth dying for!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree to that also an not to mention an if you wanted time off for a family weekend ... guaranteed when you got back you were definitely not given hours to work because you gave them reason to now find someone else that they WILL work at their beck an call .Basically 24/7 an maybe get 2-4 hrs of sleep in between inventories that`s if you got lucky !
ReplyDeleteYes!!!
ReplyDeleteYeh. When I worked at Rgis the team leaderes and managers would con u out of yor break. Intimidation. It's a sham I worked there that ling. Slave drivers.
ReplyDeleteWhat is considered on time when it comes to receipt of our payments. I'm reading a lot about delays but nothing said about an estimated time the checks will be sent out. A lot of tap dancing.
ReplyDeleteVery surprised I received my portion of the settlement check in the mail this morning. It was a shock because I live in a completely different state now than when I previously worked for RGIS. Nice to see the system working for the people.
ReplyDeleteWho is this for? I worked for them like 10yrs ago but never received any letters regarding this.
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I worked for RGIS for 6.5years, worked thousands of hours, and received the paperwork for this lawsuit, filled it in, sent it, and never heard another word!!! I did not receive ONE DOLLAR of the settlement, I GOT SCREWED!!!!
ReplyDeleteI worked at rgis in NYC and filled out the paperwork for the lawsuit and sent it to the address I was given and never had any responses from the lawyers. I still have my reference number.
ReplyDeleteHi who were the lawyers in NYC because i have worked for Rgis for almos 18 yrs since 2001 . I also filled out the paperwork and heard nothing
DeleteWho are the lawyers is this case does anyone know ? I am working for a company right now that is doing the exact same thing rgis did making its employees show up by a certin time and not paying them from the time they showed up if anyone knows please get in touch with me randywheeler16.rw@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteRGIS is still most definitely regularly encouraging, allowing, and mandating violations of Work Hour laws--this is likely more common in some states that others, it a near daily offense in the area I work in FL.
ReplyDeleteThey do this not only by still allowing and encouraging supervisors to give out instruction to off-the-clock employees and allow and encourage off-the-clock employees to don/doff equipment (make equipment accessible, but hide the TCA), but also by sending employees 'meeting' material, lectures, and workplace instruction via personal e-mail, and expecting them to read them off-the-clock; and also, most recently, by making the use of the 'optional' Rconnect portal compulsory for employment, and requiring hourly employees to participate in scheduling while off-the-clock, by regularly 'confirming' their schedules for RGIS' benefit.
Confirmations have never been mandatory, my current manager didn't confirm their schedule when they were hourly, I have only ever done it briefly for the benefit of 'new' managers. They 'are not necessary' for employees to do their jobs, or for managers to do theirs. They do not benefit employees at all, and the tame taken to complete them regularly is not de minimis time (minor and trivial or in any way untrackable).
Who has ever worked with another employer that won't provide them with a schedule unless they are willing to use an internal employee controlled portal to access it. Who has had an employer who requires their employees to confirm their schedules while off-the-clock?
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