UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
If you worked as an hourly employee at a Jiffy Lube store located in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington area for more than 90 total days between December 1, 2014 and December 31, 2018, you could get a payment from a class action settlement.
A federal court authorized this notice. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer.
- Jiffy Lube International, Inc. (“Jiffy Lube”) has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a class action lawsuit on behalf of hourly employees who worked for a Jiffy Lube franchisee at a Jiffy Lube store located in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area (“MSA”) for more than 90 total days between December 1, 2014 and December 31, 2018. For a list of stores included in the settlement go to: www.JiffyLubeNoPoachSettlement.com.
- The settlement resolves a lawsuit over whether Jiffy Lube violated the law by fostering an agreement among franchisees not to hire one another’s hourly employees (“no-poach policy”). Beginning in 2017, Jiffy Lube agreed not to enforce this policy. Although Jiffy Lube acknowledges the no-poach policy, it denies that it has violated any laws or that the no-poach policy caused any damages.
- Class counsel will seek up to 25% of the settlement fund ($500,000) in attorneys’ fees, reimbursement of up to $320,465 in litigation expenses, and a service award of up to $5,000 to the Class Representative.
- This settlement avoids the costs and risks of continuing the lawsuit; pays money to current and former employees of Jiffy Lube franchisees in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington MSA; and releases Jiffy Lube from liability to those employees.
- The federal court still must decide whether to approve this settlement. You have the right to make your views known to the Court.
- Your legal rights are affected whether you act or don’t act. Read this notice carefully.
| YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS IN THIS SETTLEMENT | |
| DO NOTHING |
Get a payment. Give up rights. |
| OBJECT |
Write to the Court about why you don’t like the settlement. The deadline for submitting a written objection is April 9 2024. |
| GO TO A HEARING |
Ask to speak in Court about the fairness of the settlement. The Final Fairness Hearing is scheduled for May 8, 2024. |
| EXCLUDE YOURSELF |
Get no payment. This is the only option that allows you to ever be a part of another lawsuit against Jiffy Lube about the legal claims in this case. The deadline to exclude yourself is April 9, 2024. |
- These rights and options—and the deadlines to exercise them—are explained in this notice.
- The Court in charge of this case still has to decide whether to approve the settlement. Payments will be made if the Court approves the settlement and after appeals are resolved. Please be patient.