Hershey was ordered by the Court to provide the names and addresses of RSRs so that we could provide RSRs with a Court approved Notice of their right to join the Hershey RSR Overtime Case. (Case Number 3:11-CV-05117-BZ) However, 86% of the contact information we were...
Hershey Overtime Lawsuit
Hershey Overtime Notice Correction
We have just learned that the Court ordered Notice was not sent to the correct addresses of all present and former RSR’s due to incorrect addresses being supplied by the Hershey Company. We are working to rectify this and the Notice will be re sent as soon as Hershey...
Court Orders Notice to RSRs in Hershey Overtime Lawsuit
United States Magistrate Judge Bernard Zimmerman has ordered that present and past Retail Sales Representatives (“RSRs”) who worked for The Hershey Company (“Hershey”) are entitled to Notice and the opportunity to join a lawsuit pending in United States District Court...
Hershey RSR Overtime Litigation Update
Seventy-five present and former Retail Sales Representatives (RSR) have joined the action filed in US District Court in San Francisco seeking unpaid overtime from the chocolate giant. (Case Number 3:11-CV-05117-BZ) Previously this office represented over 100 RSRs...
Hershey Sued Again for Overtime Violations
In the economy of the day, many people are forced to work long hours. Many companies require them to do so and workers are reluctant to complain for fear of losing their jobs. Not all people are entitled to overtime because certain classifications of workers are...
Published Opinion Granting Plaintiffs’ Summary Judgment Against Hershey
In 2008, three former Retail Sales Representatives (RSRs) brought this wage and hour action against defendant. They alleged defendant misclassified them as exempt employees, denying them compensation for the overtime hours they had worked. Defendant denied these...
Federal Court Holds that Hershey RSRs are Entitled to Overtime
On February 23, 2011, the Honorable Magistrate Bernard Zimmerman, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, issued an order holding that the Hershey Retail Sales Representative (“RSR”) plaintiffs and those RSRs who have joined the case of...
Judge Rules Hershey Employees can Pursue Class Action
Magistrate Judge Bernard Zimmerman, of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, has ruled that all Retail Sales Representatives (RSRs) employed by The Hershey Company in the United States from August 2007 through the present may join a...