EDWARD M. CHEN, District Judge.
TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES, AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
Pursuant to this Court's Order Granting Plaintiffs' Motion for Conditional Certification, dated Jan. 27, 2016 [Docket No. 39], Plaintiffs, Rose Feaver, Artin Adamian, and Myungsun Shim (collectively "Plaintiffs"), and Defendants Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Inc. (collectively "Defendant"), by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows:
1. The Parties select Rust Consulting, Inc. to serve as the Claims Administrator with regard to this notice plan.
2. Plaintiffs shall bear the costs of the notice.
3. Within thirty (30) clays of the date that the Court issues an Order approving this Stipulation and Proposed Order, Kaiser shall provide the names and last known mailing addresses of members of the conditionally certified collective ("Class List") to the Claims Administrator. The Claims Administrator shall maintain the Class List in the strictest of confidence and shall not disclose such information to any person or entity, including but not limited to Plaintiffs and Plaintiffs' counsel, and shall not use the Class List for any purpose other than effectuating notice pursuant to this Stipulation, except as directed by the Court.
4. Within fifteen (15) days of receipt of the Class List, the Claims Administrator shall send the proposed Notice, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A, and Consent to Join Form, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B, to all individuals on the Class List at the address provided therein. Together with the Notice and Consent to Join Form, the Claims Administrator will provide a pre-stamped, pre-addressed envelope addressed to itself for the return of Consent to Join Forms. The Claims Administrator shall include no additional materials in this mailing. The Claims Administrator may also establish an email address and fax number at which it may receive completed Consent to Join Forms.
5. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a postcard reminder that will be mailed by the Claims Administrator 30 days after the initial mailing.
6. Members of the conditionally certified collective will have 45 days from the date of the mailing of the Notice to return Consent to Join Forms (or, if they elect to participate in the action but not to be represented by Plaintiffs' counsel, to file their own Consent to Join Forms with the Court). All opt-in notifications must be postmarked or actually received by the Claims Administrator by the date 45 days after mailing (the "Bar Date").
7. The Claims Administrator shall provide all signed, valid Consent to Join Forms to Plaintiffs' counsel for filing within three business clays after receipt.
8. The only notification of conditional certification, the lawsuit, and the right to opt in shall be the Notice and reminder postcard approved by the Court herein. The Notice and Consent to Join Form shall be mailed to each member of the conditionally certified collective one (1) time subject to a basic skip trace for any returned undeliverable notices.
I, Prescott W. Littlefield, hereby attest that pursuant to LR 5-1(i) I have on file concurrence for any signatures indicated by a "conformed" signature (/s/) within this e-filed document.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
From: Claims Administrator, Feaver, et al. v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan et al.
To: All Outpatient Pharmacy Managers ("OPMs") who have worked for Kaiser at anytime from October 4, 2013 through the present.
Date: [Date of mailing]
Re: A collective action lawsuit against Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals ("Kaiser") under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
The purpose of this Notice is to inform you of the existence of a collective action lawsuit and to provide you an opportunity to participate in this lawsuit. The United States District Court for the Northern District of California in the lawsuit Feaver et al. v. Kaiser Health Plan et al, Docket No. 3:15-CV-00890, has ruled that the named Plaintiffs, Artin Adamian, Myungsun Shim, and Rose Feaver (collectively "Plaintiffs") may provide notice to OPMs who worked for Kaiser at any time from October 4, 2013 to the present and allow them to join the lawsuit.
Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit against Kaiser on February 26, 2015. Plaintiffs are current and former OPMs employed by Kaiser who claim they were not paid overtime wages for all hours they worked. They assert their claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") and California law. Plaintiffs filed the lawsuit individually and on behalf of all other allegedly similarly situated persons. They claim that as of October 4, 2013, Kaiser had notice that OPMs, as a group, were sending mails while not clocked in, but that Kaiser failed to pay OPMs for this time worked. The lawsuit seeks back overtime pay plus liquidated damages equal to the amount of the back pay owed. The lawsuit also asks that Kaiser be required to pay Plaintiffs' costs and attorney's fees. Plaintiffs are represented by the law firms Kearney Littlefield LLP and Stonebarger Law.
Kaiser strenuously denies Plaintiffs' allegations, maintains that its policies and practices were and are lawful and that it paid OPMs for all time worked, and denies that it owes Plaintiffs any additional wages or other damages, including any overtime wages. Kaiser also maintains that the case cannot be maintained as a class or collective action through trial_ Kaiser is represented by the law firm Seyfarth Shaw L.L.P.
You can join this lawsuit if you worked as an OPM for Kaiser at any time since October 4, 2013. You can join the case even if Kaiser has paid you some overtime during this time period. You can join the case if you are still employed by Kaiser. Kaiser will not retaliate against any employee for participating in the lawsuit. It is entirely your choice whether to participate in the lawsuit, if you are eligible to do so.
If you wish to join this case, you may do so by completing the attached "Consent to Joint Form" and returning it to the Claims Administrator. The Claims Administrator's contact information can be found on the Consent to Join Form and at the end of this Notice. You may mail the form back to the Claims Administrator in the included, pre-addressed and stamped envelope, scan and email it to the email address provided, or fax it to the phone number provided. The form must be postmarked by
If you choose to join in this case by returning a Consent to Join Form, you will become a party plaintiff and you will be bound by any judgment on the Plaintiffs' FLSA claims, whether it is favorable or unfavorable. Your Consent to Join Form will be filed with the Court.
By signing and returning the Consent to Join Form attached to this Notice, you are agreeing to designate Plaintiffs' counsel as your attorneys to represent you concerning the method and manner of conducting this litigation and all other matters pertaining to this lawsuit. The attorneys for the Plaintiffs are being paid on a contingency fee basis. If you return a Consent to Join Form, you will be contacted by counsel for Plaintiffs regarding entering into a formal attorney client agreement for counsel's services.
You also have the right to join this lawsuit and be represented by counsel of your own choosing who will represent only you and will be compensated on the terms as agreed between you and your attorney. You may also proceed pro se, which means on your own and without an attorney. If you want to join the action but do not want to be represented by Plaintiffs' counsel, you must submit an "opt-in" consent form to the Claims Administrator (whose contact information is provided in Section 8, below) stating that you do not wish to be represented by Plaintiffs' counsel by
If you do not wish to be part of the lawsuit, you do not need to do anything. If you do not join the lawsuit, you will not be part of the case in any way and you will not be bound by or affected by the result on the Plaintiffs' FLSA claims (whether favorable or unfavorable). Your decision not to join this case will not affect your right to bring a separate FLSA case on your own at a future time.
Federal law prohibits Kaiser from discharging you, or in any other manner retaliating against you, because you "opt-in" to this case or have in any other way exercise your rights under the FLSA.
If you choose to join this lawsuit and agree to be represented by Plaintiffs' attorneys, your counsel in this action will be:
Further information about this Notice, the deadline for filing a Consent to Join Form, or answers to questions concerning this lawsuit may be obtained by contacting the Claims Administrator or Plaintiffs' counsel. Plaintiffs' counsel's contact information is above. The contact information for the Claims Administrator is:
[FILL IN CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR CONTACT INFO]
The Complaint and Kaiser's Answer filed in this lawsuit are available for inspection online at [WORKING ON A URL] In addition, you may obtain a copy of any documents filed in this Action by contacting Plaintiffs' counsel.
I work or have worked as an Outpatient Pharmacy Manager with either Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. or Kaiser Foundation Hospitals at some time from October 4, 2013 through the present.
I choose to participate in the conditionally certified collective action titled Rose Feaver, et al. v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §216(b).
I choose to be represented in this matter by counsel for Plaintiffs Kearney Littlefield LLP and Stonebarger Law APC, in this action. I hereby consent, agree, and opt-in to become a party plaintiff and agree to be bound by any adjudication or settlement of this action, whether it is favorable or unfavorable.
The Claims Administrator's contact information is:
For further information, please contact Plaintiffs' Counsel or the Claims Administrator. Plaintiffs' counsel's contact information is:
This postcard serves as a reminder that if you want to join the collective action pending in the Northern District of California, which seeks to recover, under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, unpaid overtime for time you believe you have spent working off the clock, you
If you have misplaced your form, additional forms can be obtained from Plaintiffs' counsel or the Claims Administrator at:
Please Do Not Call or Write the Court to Obtain Copies of Documents or To Ask Questions.
The undersigned hereby certifies that on March 1, 2016, the foregoing ▪