Opinion
Civil Action 24-2352
08-28-2024
RUSSELL WERTZ v. GOLD MEDAL ENVIRONMENTAL OF PA, INC., PARKS GARBAGE SERVICE INC.
ORDER
KEARNEY, J.
AND NOW, this 28th day of August 2024, upon reviewing Plaintiffs Motion for Conditional Certification and Court-Supervised Notice (ECF No. 24-1), Defendants' Opposition (ECF No. 27), for reasons detailed in today's accompanying Memorandum, and for good cause, it is ORDERED we GRANT in part Plaintiffs Motion (ECF No. 24-1) requiring:
1. We conditionally certify a Collective Action under the Fair Labor Standards Act subject to discovery on behalf of:
All current and former waste disposal drivers who worked for Gold Medal Environmental of PA Inc. and/or Parks Garbage Service Inc. anywhere in the United States from May 30,2021 through the present.
2. The parties, on or before September 6,2024 [venue subject to resolving concerns under our August 27, 2024 Order (ECF No. 29)], submit a joint proposed Schedule for Notice along with the agreed Court-facilitated Notice and consent form consistent with today's accompanying Memorandum allowing sixty days' notice to the putative members of the Collective.