RGIS Managers get $600,000 in another settlement

A Los Angeles Superior Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles

Just very recently, RGIS LLC settles another lawsuit, (with case No. BC425624: Garcia et al v. RGIS LLC) filed against the company by current and former RGIS District Managers, Area Managers and Supervisors (Team Leaders) in the State of California for an alleged failure of the company to reimburse them for work related expenses.

RGIS settles the case for a maximum of $600,000 which include attorney's fees, and other administrative settlement fees. The net settlement sum will be distributed for every class member who participated in the class action, or will opt in for the settlement. The Los Angeles County Superior Court granted a Preliminary Approval of the Settlement on August 27, 2010. The Final Approval Hearing will be on January 3, 2011.

The summary and the settlement

On November 9, 2009, Rebecca Garcia and others similarly situated filed a complaint against the company in the Superior Court of California. Rebacca Garica et al ("Plaintiffs") claims that RGIS LLC has failed to reimburse employees of RGIS in California at any time from November 9, 2005 through May 2010 for "work related expenses." The Plaintiff seek damages, restitution and injunction relief, among others. Five months after the case was filed, both parties have agreed settle the case and RGIS offered $600,000 maximum as settlement.

RGIS has denied and continue to deny all allegations.

You must already have received a Class Notice If you are a member of the class action. You must file a claim form and must be submitted on or before November 30, 2010 to be included in the settlement. If there will be no objection on the amount of the settlement or objection to any of the provisions stipulated from the settlement, the final approval will push through as scheduled on January 3, 2011.  If you have not submitted a claim form, you may do it online by visiting the link below. Deadline of claim submission is set on November 30, 2010.

When you click the link below, it may ask you to provide a Username and Passowrd to login. The Username is the last 4 digits of your Social Security, and the Password is the number sent to  you from the claim form you received:

RGIS Settlement Claim Administrator

If you have further questions, contact:


Garcia, et al. v. RGIS, LLC
c/o CPT Group, Inc.

16630 Aston Street

Irvine, CA 92606

Telephone: (888) 807-5096

What is unique about this Settlement

Unlike the other case filed against the company which involves more than 30,000 hourly employees, this case is unique in 3 ways: First, it involves only the managerial and supervisory positions. Second, it involves much lesser class members than the other case. I assume there are between 300 to 400 class members who participated or will participate in this settlement. It means plaintiff will relatively gets bigger share of the settlment money even if the latter is relatively smaller amount.

Third, in the event that authorized claimants do not claim a minimum of 50% of the net settlement sum (the sum of the settlement after all other deductions such as attorney's fees, administrative fees, etc. have been deducted), the unclaimed amounts up to 50% of the net settlement sum shall be distributed pro data to the authorized claimants.

Any unclaimed amounts remaining after deductions, and after settlements have been paid, it shall go back to RGIS. So folks, claim it or you lose it!

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