Cardoza et al v. Bloomin' Brands, Inc. et al

Filing 244

ORDER Granting 243 Stipulation to Modify Notice of Collective Action Forms, Extend Notice Period and Toll Statute of Limitations for Certain Additional Potential Class Members. Signed by Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey on 4/14/15. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - TR)

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1 Don Springmeyer, Esq.
Nevada State Bar No. 1021
2 Justin C. Jones, Esq.
Nevada State Bar No. 8519
3 Bradley Schrager, Esq.
Nevada State Bar No. 10217
4 WOLF, RIFKIN, SHAPIRO,
SCHULMAN & RABKIN, LLP
5 3556 E. Russell Road, 2nd Floor
Las Vegas, Nevada 89120-2234
6 Telephone: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
7 Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
8 Attorneys for Plaintiffs (additional counsel
listed in signature block)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

12 BROOKE CARDOZA, et al.,
CASE NO.: 2:13-cv-01820-JAD-NJK
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Plaintiffs,

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vs.

15 BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC., et al.,
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Defendants.

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EXPEDITED STIPULATION AND
[PROPOSED] ORDER TO MODIFY
NOTICE OF COLLECTIVE ACTION
FORMS, EXTEND NOTICE PERIOD AND
TOLL STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR
CERTAIN ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL
CLASS MEMBERS
STIPULATION

On April 10, 2015, Defendants notified Plaintiffs that they had identified an additional 4,131

20 current or former Outback Steakhouse employees (the “Additional Potential Class Members”),
21 representing less than 3 % of potential class members, whose names and last known address were
22 inadvertently not previously provided to Plaintiffs with the prior list of 135,338 current and former
23 employee that Defendants produced in accordance with this Court’s Orders dated Oct. 24, 2014 (ECF
24 No. 151) and Feb. 5, 2015 (ECF No. 192). Defendants at the same time provided Plaintiffs with an
25 Excel spreadsheet containing the names and last known addresses of the Additional Potential Class
26 Members. Counsel for Plaintiffs and Defendants (collectively, the “parties”) have met and conferred
27 on this issue and, pursuant to LR 7-1, the parties hereby jointly stipulate to the following, subject to
28 Court approval:

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“Consent to Join Lawsuit” (“Consent”) form shall be extended to July 20, 2015.

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The deadline for the Additional Potential Class Members to complete and return a

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The “Notice of Your Right to Join Lawsuit Seeking Unpaid Wages” (“Notice”) and

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Consent to be mailed to the Additional Potential Class Members shall be modified to

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identify July 20, 2015 as the deadline for Additional Potential Class Members to

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complete and return a Consent form. Copies of the proposed English-language Notice

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and Consent forms to be sent to the Additional Potential Class Members are attached

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hereto respectively as Exhibits “A” and “B.” Copies of the proposed Spanish-

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language Notice and Consent forms to be sent to the Additional Potential Class
Members upon request are attached hereto respectively as Exhibits “C” and “D.”

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3)

The statute of limitations for any Fair Labor Standards Act claims pursued by the

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Additional Potential Class Members shall be tolled for sixty (60) days beyond the

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applicable statute of limitations for such claims.

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Defendants shall pay to KCC Class Action Services, LLC the additional incremental

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cost of sending the Notice to the Additional Potential Class Members in the sum of

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Three-Thousand Six-Hundred and Twenty-One and No/100 Dollars ($3,621.00).

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The stipulated provisions contained herein, and any Court Order concerning this

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Stipulation, apply only to the 4,131 Additional Potential Class Members included in the

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Excel spreadsheet provided by Defendants to Plaintiffs on April 10, 2015, and not to

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any of the 135,338 current or former Outback Steakhouse employees whose names

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were previously provided by Defendants to Plaintiffs in accordance with the Court’s

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Orders dated Oct. 24, 2014 (ECF No. 151) and Feb. 5, 2015 (ECF No. 192).

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The parties request expedited treatment of this stipulation and proposed order so that

2 dissemination of notice to the Additional Potential Class Members can proceed expeditiously.
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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

4 Dated: April 14, 2015

WOLF, RIFKIN, SHAPIRO,
SCHULMAN & RABKIN, LLP

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By: /s/ Justin C. Jones
Don Springmeyer, Esq.
Justin C. Jones, Esq.
Bradley Schrager, Esq.
3556 E. Russell Road, Second Floor
Las Vegas, Nevada 89120

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JOHNSON BECKER, PLLC
Timothy J. Becker, Esq. (admitted pro hac)
Jacob Rusch, Esq. (admitted pro hac)
33 South Sixth Street, Suite 4530
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402

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SOMMERS SCHWARTZ, P.C.
Jason J. Thompson, Esq. (admitted pro hac)
Jesse Young, Esq. (admitted pro hac)
2000 Town Center, Suite 900
Southfield, Michigan 48075

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Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
By: /s/ Jesse A. Cripps
Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Esq.
Catherine A. Conway, Esq.
Jesse A. Cripps, Esq.
333 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197

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Attorneys for Defendants Bloomin’ Brands,
Inc.; OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC; Outback
Steakhouse of Florida, LLC; OS Restaurant
Services, LLC

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ORDER

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April 14, 2015
Dated: _______________

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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EXHIBIT “A”

EXHIBIT “A”

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA
BROOKE CARDOZA, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC., a Delaware
Corporation; OSI RESTAURANT PARTNERS,
LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company;
OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE OF FLORIDA, LLC,
a Florida Limited Liability Company;
OS RESTAURANT SERVICES, LLC,
a Florida Limited Liability Company; and
DOES 5 through 100, Inclusive,

CASE NO.: 2:13-cv-01820-JAD-NJK

Defendants.
NOTICE OF YOUR RIGHT TO JOIN LAWSUIT SEEKING UNPAID WAGES
Si necesita recibir este Aviso en español, favor llame al 1-877-595-0438 (this number for Spanish speakers only)
To:

All current and former hourly employees of Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.; OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC;
Outback Steakhouse of Florida, LLC; and OS Restaurant Services, LLC who are or were employed
at an Outback Steakhouse restaurant within the past three years.

Note: This notice is not an expression of any opinion by the court about the merits of any claims asserted
by the Plaintiffs or defenses asserted by the Defendants as this is ongoing litigation in which those
issues have not yet been decided.
1.

INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this notice is to inform you of the existence of a collective-action lawsuit against
Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.; OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC; Outback Steakhouse of Florida, LLC; and
OS Restaurant Services, LLC (the “Outback Defendants”) in which you may be able to make a claim for
damages under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), to advise you of how your rights may be
affected by this lawsuit, and to instruct you on the procedure for participating in this lawsuit.

2.

WHAT THE LAWSUIT IS ABOUT
Plaintiffs, Brooke Cardoza (Nevada), Cody C. Hancock (Nevada), Michael Yendes (Nevada),
Jeffery Brown (Illinois), Kevin Connelley (Kansas), Trevor Tullis (Kansas), Denise Goodlin (Maryland),
Joseph Verrengia (New York), Amy Womack (New York), Valerie Gardner (North Carolina), Alex
Nesbitt (Ohio), Daniel Geiger (Florida), Rachel Talasko (Florida), and Wesley Miles (Virginia)
(collectively, “Plaintiffs”), on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, filed a lawsuit in the
U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada against the Outback Defendants on October 4, 2013.
Plaintiffs are current and former hourly employees of Outback Defendants, who allege they were
required to perform work off-the-clock and, therefore, were not paid minimum and/or overtime wages
during all or part of their employment.
Plaintiffs allege they were made to arrive and work prior to the beginning of their work shift, but not
allowed to clock in upon arrival; made to work after the end of their work shift and after clocking out;
completed mandatory training sessions online without being paid for this time; worked promotional
events and attended company or restaurant meetings without pay; and have not been paid premium
overtime wages for working more than 40 hours in a given week.
Plaintiffs filed the lawsuit individually and on behalf of all other similarly-situated persons claiming that
Outback Defendants violated their rights under the FLSA. The lawsuit seeks back pay plus liquidated
damages equal to the amount of unpaid minimum and/or overtime wages owed under the FLSA.
The lawsuit also asks that Outback Defendants be required to pay Plaintiffs’ costs and attorneys’ fees.
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Outback Defendants deny that they violated the FLSA and claim that hourly employees of Outback
Steakhouse restaurants were paid properly under the FLSA’s minimum-wage and overtime provisions
and other applicable laws.
3.

ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LAWSUIT
This notice is distributed to:
All current and former hourly employees of Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.; OSI Restaurant
Partners, LLC; Outback Steakhouse of Florida, LLC; and OS Restaurant Services,
LLC who are or were employed at an Outback Steakhouse restaurant within the
past three years.
If you meet this description and you believe that Outback Defendants have failed to compensate you for
off-the-clock labor, training sessions, or company meetings and promotional events, and/or failed to
compensate you properly for time worked above 40 hours in a week, you may have the right to make an
FLSA claim against Outback Defendants in this lawsuit to recover unpaid wages, liquidated damages,
costs, and attorneys’ fees. It is entirely your own decision whether to join this lawsuit.

4.

EFFECT OF JOINING THIS CASE
If you choose to join in this case, you will become a Plaintiff in this lawsuit and you will be bound by
any judgment, whether it is favorable or unfavorable. This means that if you win, you may be eligible to
share in the monetary award; if you lose, no money will be awarded and you will not be able to file
another lawsuit regarding the matters raised in this lawsuit.
If you sign and return the enclosed Consent to Join Lawsuit form and are joined in the case, you are
agreeing to designate Plaintiffs as your agents to make decisions on your behalf concerning the
litigation, the method and manner of conducting this litigation, the entering of an agreement with
Plaintiffs’ Counsel concerning attorneys’ fees and costs, and all other matters pertaining to this lawsuit.
These decisions made and entered into by the Representative Plaintiffs will be binding on you if you
join this lawsuit.
While this lawsuit is proceeding, you may be required to respond under oath to written questions, have
your deposition taken, produce documents, and/or testify in court at a trial or hearing in the United
States Federal Courthouse in Las Vegas, Nevada.

5.

NO LEGAL EFFECT FOR NOT JOINING THIS LAWSUIT
If you do not wish to be part of this 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 (whether favorable or unfavorable); in other words, if you do not file a Consent to Join Lawsuit
form, you will not receive any unpaid minimum wage and/or overtime wages or other relief granted
under this lawsuit if Plaintiffs prevail on their FLSA claims.
Your decision not to join this case will not affect your right to bring a similar case on your own. If you
intend to bring your own action, you should be aware that the statute of limitations is running on your
claims, which means you may be losing claims each week that you wait to bring them.

6.

YOUR LEGAL REPRESENTATION IF YOU JOIN THIS LAWSUIT
The attorneys for Plaintiffs and the proposed opt-in class of current and former Outback Defendants
employees are the law firms of Wolf Rifkin Shapiro Schulman & Rabkin, LLP; Johnson Becker, PLLC;
and Sommers Schwartz, PC (collectively, “Plaintiffs’ Counsel”) with the following contact information:
Wolf Rifkin Shapiro
Schulman & Rabkin, LLP
3556 East Russell Road, 2nd Floor
Las Vegas, Nevada 89120
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
http://www.wrslawyers.com/

Johnson Becker, PLLC
33 South Sixth Street
Suite 4530
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
http://www.johnsonbecker.com/

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Sommers Schwartz, PC
2000 Town Center
Suite 900
Southfield, Michigan 48075
http://www.sommerspc.com/

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By choosing to join this lawsuit, you agree that Plaintiffs’ Counsel will be representing you unless you
obtain other attorneys. You will not be required to pay any attorneys’ fees or court costs to Plaintiffs’
Counsel at this time; rather, Plaintiffs’ Counsel are handling this matter on a contingency-fee basis and
under contingency-fee agreements in which Plaintiffs have agreed to pay Plaintiffs’ Counsel 33 1/3% of
all sums recovered by settlement, arbitration award, or trial, and 40% of all sums recovered through posttrial, post-trial motions and appeals. These amounts will be calculated based on the total recovery and
before deduction of any payments for costs, which would be deducted pro rata from any individual share
of recovery. In the event the Plaintiffs prevail in this lawsuit by judgment, or if a settlement is reached,
Plaintiffs’ Counsel will be requesting that the court order Outback Defendants to pay the Plaintiffs’
Attorneys their reasonable attorneys’ fees and reimburse them for any expenses. Plaintiffs’ attorneys will
seek to be compensated by the greater of either a contingency fee of all sums recovered by settlement,
award, court-ordered attorney’s fees, or judgment, or whatever attorneys fee is awarded by the court or
obtained/negotiated through a settlement. Defendants have reserved their right to challenge the award of
any fees and costs in this case. The court must approve any fee award to Plaintiffs’ Counsel.
7.

HOW TO JOIN THIS LAWSUIT
If you wish to join this case, you must do so by completing and signing the enclosed Consent to Join
Lawsuit form and returning it in one of the following three ways NO LATER THAN JULY 20, 2015:
1)

Mailing the form in the enclosed pre-paid, addressed envelope, or directly to the
Outback Lawsuit Administrator at P.O. Box 43331, Providence, RI 02940; or

2)

Faxing it to the Notice Administrator at 1-866-508-1043; or

3)

E-mailing it to [e-mail].

You must return the Consent to Join Lawsuit form by the deadline above to preserve any legal right you
may have to participate in this lawsuit. Until the Consent to Join Lawsuit form is filed with the court, the
statute of limitations ordinarily continues to run on your individual claim for unpaid wages.
If you complete and timely return a Consent to Join Lawsuit form, your continued right to participate in
this lawsuit may depend upon a later decision by the court that you and the Plaintiffs are similarly
situated. If the court finds that you and the Plaintiffs are not similarly situated, you may re-file your own
FLSA lawsuit within the time provided by law.
It is entirely your own decision whether or not to join this lawsuit. Neither your receipt of this notice nor
your timely return of a completed Consent to Join Lawsuit form means that you have a valid claim or
that you are entitled to any monetary recovery. Any such determination must still be made by the court.
Plaintiffs’ Counsel makes no guarantees or representations about the outcome of this lawsuit.
8.

YOUR IMMIGRATION STATUS DOES NOT MATTER IN THIS CASE
You are entitled to be paid minimum wages for all hours worked and, when applicable, overtime wages
under the FLSA even if you are not otherwise legally entitled to work in the United States.
Your immigration status does not affect your right to participate in this case.

9.

NO RETALIATION IS PERMITTED AGAINST YOU FOR JOINING THIS LAWSUIT
Federal law prohibits Outback Defendants from discharging or in any other manner discriminating against
you because you join this lawsuit or in any other way have exercised your rights under the FLSA.

10.

TO OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION
Further information about this notice, the deadline for returning a Consent to Join Lawsuit form, and
answers to questions concerning this lawsuit may be obtained by writing, telephoning, or e-mailing the
Plaintiffs’ Counsel at the telephone numbers and addresses above.
DO NOT CONTACT THE COURT, THE COURT’S CLERK, OR THE JUDGE.
THEY ARE NOT PERMITTED TO ADDRESS YOUR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS.

Dated: _________, 2015
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EXHIBIT “C”

EXHIBIT “C ”

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TRIBUNAL DE DISTRITO DE ESTADOS UNIDOS
DISTRITO DE NEVADA
BROOKE CARDOZA, et al.,
Demandantes,
vs.
BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC., una corporación de
Delaware;
OSI RESTAURANT PARTNERS, LLC, una sociedad de
responsabilidad limitada de Florida; OUTBACK
STEAKHOUSE OF FLORIDA, LLC, a una sociedad de
responsabilidad limitada de Florida; OS RESTAURANT
SERVICES, LLC, una sociedad de responsabilidad limitada
de Florida; y DESCONOCIDOS 5 al 100, inclusive,
Demandados.

CASO NO.: 2:13-cv-01820-JAD-NJK

NOTIFICACIÓN DE SU DERECHO A UNIRSE A UNA DEMANDA
CONJUNTA POR SALARIOS IMPAGOS
A:

Todos los ex y actuales empleados por hora de Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.; OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC;
Outback Steakhouse of Florida, LLC; y OS Restaurant Services, LLC que son o fueron empleados en
un restaurant Outback Steakhouse durante los últimos tres años.

Nota: Esta notificación no constituye expresión de opinión por parte del tribunal respecto de los méritos de
cualquier reclamo que haya sido presentado por los Demandantes o de las defensas presentadas por los
Demandados ya que este litigio está en curso y aún no se ha tomado ninguna decisión con respecto a
dichos asuntos.
1.

INTRODUCCIÓN
El propósito de esta notificación es informarle la existencia de una demanda conjunta contra Bloomin’ Brands,
Inc.; OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC; Outback Steakhouse of Florida, LLC; y OS Restaurant Services, LLC ( los
“Demandados de Outback”) en la cual usted podría tener derecho a reclamar por daños y perjuicios bajo la
Ley de Normas Laborales Justas (“FLSA”, por sus siglas en inglés), informarle sobre la forma en la cual sus
derechos podrían verse afectados por esta demanda, y brindarle instrucciones sobre cómo proceder para
participar en la misma.

2.

DE QUÉ SE TRATA LA DEMANDA
Los Demandantes, Brooke Cardoza (Nevada), Cody C. Hancock (Nevada), Michael Yendes (Nevada),
Jeffery Brown (Illinois), Kevin Connelley (Kansas), Trevor Tullis (Kansas), Denise Goodlin (Maryland),
Joseph Verrengia (New York), Amy Womack (New York), Valerie Gardner (North Carolina), Alex Nesbitt
(Ohio), Daniel Geiger (Florida), Rachel Talasko (Florida) y Wesley Miles (Virginia) (colectivamente, los
“Demandantes”), en su propia representación y en representación de otros en situación similar, presentaron una
demanda judicial en el Tribunal de Distrito de los Estados Unidos correspondiente al Distrito de Nevada contra
los Demandados de Outback el 4 de octubre de 2013.
Los Demandantes son ex y actuales empleados por hora de los D emandados de Outback, que alegan
haber realizado, según se les solicitó, trabajo extra horario y, por lo tanto, no les pagaron el salario mínimo y/o
por tiempo extra durante la totalidad o parte de su empleo.
Los Demandantes alegan que se les hacía trabajar antes del comienzo de su turno, pero no se les permitía fichar la
entrada; se les hacía trabajar con posterioridad a la finalización de su turno y después de fichar la salida; realizaban
sesiones de entrenamiento obligatorias en línea sin que se les pagara por este tiempo; trabajaron en eventos
promocionales y en reuniones de la empresa o el restaurant sin recibir ningún pago; y no se les realizó un pago
extraordinario por horas extras por trabajar más de 40 horas en una semana determinada.
Los Demandantes presentaron la demanda individualmente y en representación de todas las personas en situación
similar que reclamen que los Demandados de Outback violaron sus derechos según la FLSA. La demanda tiene como
objetivo obtener los pagos adeudados más los daños liquidados equivalentes al monto mínimo impago y/o los pagos
por horas extras adeudados según la FLSA. La demanda también solicita que los Demandados de Outback abonen a
los Demandantes los honorarios de abogados y los costos.
Los Demandados de Outback niegan haber violado la FLSA y dicen que a los empleados por hora de los
restaurantes Outback Steakhouse se les pagó adecuadamente según las disposiciones correspondientes a horas
extras y sueldos mínimos de la FLSA y otras leyes aplicables.
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3.

APTITUD PARA PARTICIPAR EN LA DEMANDA
Esta notificación se distribuye a:
Todos los ex y actuales empleados por hora de Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.; OSI Restaurant Partners,
LLC; Outback Steakhouse de Florida, LLC; y OS Restaurant Services, LLC que son o fueron
empleados en un restaurant de Outback Steakhouse durante los últimos tres años.
Si cumple con esta descripción y considera que los Demandados de Outback no cumplieron con las
compensaciones por trabajo fuera de horario, sesiones de entrenamiento, o eventos promocionales y reuniones
de la empresa, y/o no lo compensaron adecuadamente por el tiempo trabajado excedente de 40 horas semanales,
usted podría tener derecho a realizar un reclamo en virtud de la FLSA contra los Demandados de Outback en
esta demanda, para poder recuperar salarios, daños liquidados, costos y honorarios de los abogados. Es
absolutamente su decisión de unirse a esta demanda.

4.

EFECTOS DE UNIRSE A ESTE CASO
Si opta por unirse a este caso, se convertirá en un Demandante de este juicio y quedará obligado a cumplir con
cualquier resolución, ya sea favorable o no. Esto significa que si usted gana, podrá recibir su parte de la
recompensa monetaria; si pierde, no recibirá ninguna recompensa y no podrá presentar ninguna otra demanda
judicial respecto de los temas cubiertos por esta demanda.
Si usted devuelve el Consentimiento para unirse a la demanda judicial que adjuntamos firmado y se une al caso,
usted acepta que los Demandantes sean sus representantes y tomen decisiones en su representación respecto del
litigio, el método y la manera en la que es llevado adelante, acepta también estar firmando un acuerdo respecto de los
costos y honorarios de los Abogados de los Demandantes, y cualquier otro asunto relativo a la demanda judicial en
cuestión. Estas decisiones realizadas y ejecutadas por los Demandantes Representantes serán vinculantes para usted si
se une a esta demanda.
Durante el transcurso de este juicio, es posible que se le solicite responder bajo juramento algunas preguntas por escrito,
se le tome su declaración, se le requiera presente documentos, y/o testifique ante un tribunal en un juicio o una audiencia
en el Palacio de Justicia Federal de los Estados Unidos en Las Vegas, Nevada.

5.

NO HAY EFECTO LEGAL POR NO UNIRSE A ESTA DEMANDA
Si no desea ser parte de esta demanda, no es necesario que haga nada. Si no se une, no será parte del caso bajo
ningún concepto y no estará vinculado ni afectado por el resultado (sea favorable o no); en otras palabras, si no
presenta un formulario de Consentimiento para unirse a la demanda judicial, no recibirá ningún salario mínimo
impago y/o salario por horas extras u otras compensaciones impagas que se determinasen en este juicio si los
Demandantes ganan sus reclamos en virtud de la FLSA.
Su decisión de no unirse a este caso no afectará su derecho a presentar un caso similar por su cuenta. Si su
intención es presentar una causa individual, debe tener presente que existe un plazo de prescripción de sus
reclamos, lo cual significa que podría estar perdiendo reclamos por cada semana que espere para presentarlos.

6.

SU REPRESENTACIÓN LEGAL SI SE UNE A ESTE CASO
Los abogados por los Demandantes y la propuesta clase con opción de entrar a la demanda de los ex y actuales
empleados de los Demandados de Outback son los bufetes de abogados de Wolf Rifkin Shapiro Schulman
& Rabkin, LLP; Johnson Becker, PLLC; y Sommers Schwartz, PC (colectivamente, el “Abogados de los
Demandantes”), con la siguiente información de contacto:
Wolf Rifkin Shapiro
Schulman & Rabkin, LLP
3556 East Russell Road, 2nd Floor
Las Vegas, Nevada 89120
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
http://www.wrslawyers.com/

Johnson Becker, PLLC
33 South Sixth Street
Suite 4530
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
http://www.johnsonbecker.com/

Sommers Schwartz, PC
2000 Town Center
Suite 900
Southfield, Michigan 48075
http://www.sommerspc.com/

Al elegir unirse a esta demanda, usted acepta que los Abogados de los Demandantes lo representen excepto que usted
consiga otros abogados. No se le pedirá que pague ningún honorario de abogados o costos del juicio a los Abogados
de los Demandantes en este momento; los Abogados de los Demandantes están manejando este tema sobre la base de
una tarifa de contingencia y según acuerdos de tarifas de contingencia en los cuales los Demandantes acordaron
pagarles a los Abogados de los Demandantes un 33 1/3% de todas las sumas recuperadas mediante el acuerdo judicial,
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laudo arbitral, o juicio, y un 40% de todas las sumas recuperadas luego del juicio y a través de mociones y
apelaciones posteriores al juicio. Estos montos serán calculados sobre la base de la recuperación total y antes de la
deducción de cualquier pago por costos, que serían deducidos proporcionalmente a partir de cualquier monto
individual recuperado. En caso de que los Demandantes ganen este juicio, o si se alcanzara un acuerdo judicial, los
Abogados de los Demandantes solicitarán que el tribunal les ordene a los Demandados de Outback el pago de los
honorarios razonables de los Abogados de los Demandantes o que les reembolsen sus gastos. Los Abogados de los
Demandantes solicitarán la compensación mayor entre una tarifa de contingencia y todas las sumas recuperadas por el
acuerdo judicial, los laudos arbitrales, honorarios de abogados ordenados por el tribunal, o la sentencia, o
cualesquiera sean los honorarios de abogados otorgados por el tribunal u obtenidos/negociados a través del
acuerdo j u d i c i a l . Los Demandados se reservaron el derecho de apelar el otorgamiento de honorarios y costos en
este caso. El tribunal debe aprobar cualquier otorgamiento de honorarios a los Abogados de los Demandantes.
7.

CÓMO UNIRSE A ESTE JUICIO
Si desea unirse a este caso, debe completar y firmar el Consentimiento para unirse a la demanda judicial que se
adjunta y devolverlo de alguna de las siguientes formas. ANTES DE 20 DE JULIO 2015:
1)

Envío del formulario por correo en el sobre prepago y domiciliado que se adjunta, o directamente
al Administrador de la Demanda de Outback: P.O. Box 43331, Providence, RI 02940; o

2)

Por fax, al Administrador de Notificaciones al 1-866-508-1043; o

3)

Por correo electrónico a [e-mail].

Debe devolver el formulario de Consentimiento para unirse a la demanda judicial antes del plazo anterior para
preservar los derechos legales que pudiera tener para participar en esta demanda. Hasta que el formulario de
Consentimiento para unirse a la demanda judicial no sea presentado ante el tribunal, el plazo de prescripción
continúa corriendo ordinariamente respecto de su reclamo individual por salarios impagos.
Si usted completa y devuelve en tiempo y forma el Consentimiento para unirse a la demanda judicial, la
continuidad de su derecho para participar en esta causa podría depender de una decisión posterior de parte del
tribunal en la cual se establezca que usted y los Demandantes están en una posición similar. Si el tribunal
encuentra que usted y los Demandantes no están en una situación similar, usted puede volver a presentar su
propia demanda en virtud de la FLSA dentro del plazo previsto por la ley.
Es absolutamente su decisión el unirse o no a esta demanda. Ni su recepción de esta notificación ni su
devolución en tiempo y forma de un formulario de Consentimiento para unirse a la demanda judicial significan
que usted posea un reclamo válido o que tiene derecho a una compensación monetaria. Cualquier determinación
de ese estilo debe ser realizada por el tribunal. Los Abogados de los Demandantes no garantizan ni realizan
afirmaciones respecto del resultado de este juicio.
8.

SU ESTADO MIGRATORIO NO TIENE IMPORTANCIA EN ESTE CASO
Usted tiene derecho a recibir un salario mínimo por todas las horas trabajadas y, si es aplicable, horas extras
según la FLSA incluso si no está legalmente autorizado para trabajar en los Estados Unidos. Su estado
migratorio no afecta su derecho a participar en este caso.

9.

PROHIBICIÓN DE CASTIGOS POR SUMARSE A ESTA DEMANDA
La ley federal prohíbe que los Demandados de Outback lo despidan o de alguna otra forma lo discriminen por
unirse a esta demanda, o en caso de que usted de cualquier otra forma haya ejercido los derechos que le
confiere la FLSA.

10.

PARA OBTENER MAYOR INFORMACIÓN
Para obtener mayor información sobre esta notificación, el plazo para devolver el formulario de Consentimiento
para unirse a la demanda judicial, y las respuestas a las preguntas relacionadas con este juicio puede
comunicarse por escrito, por teléfono o por correo electrónico con los números y las direcciones de los
Abogados de los Demandantes detallados anteriormente.
NO SE COMUNIQUE CON EL TRIBUNAL, EL SECRETARIO DEL TRIBUNAL, O EL JUZGADO.
TIENEN PROHIBIDO RESPONDER A SUS CONSULTAS O PREGUNTAS.

Fecha: _________, 2015
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