Court Permits Hershey RSRS To Join Pending Overtime Case

Magistrate Judge Bernard Zimmerman, of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, has recently ruled that Retail Sales Representatives (RSRs) employed by The Hershey Company in the United States over the past three years up to January 28, 2012 may join a lawsuit pending before the Court seeking past overtime pay. 

The deadline to join is June 30, 2012.

The Notice and Consent to Join form for RSRs is located here.

For RSRs who worked in California, the Notice and Consent to Join form is located here.

Hershey is legally prohibited from retaliating against any present or past RSR for joining the case.

Background

On October 19, 2011, The Hershey Company, a large, well-known chocolate and confection maker, was sued for a second time for violating the overtime rights of its nationwide sales force. The San Francisco based Brandi Law Firm, in conjunction with Colorado attorney David Feola, brought suit on behalf of eleven former and one current Hershey RSRs seeking. A copy of the lawsuit can be found here.

The Brandi Law Firm
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David C. Feola
HOBAN & FEOLA, LLC
1626 Wazee Street, Suite 2A
Denver, CO 80202

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