Emily Sortor  |  June 20, 2019

Category: Labor & Employment

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7-eleven signs7-Eleven Inc. has reached a class action settlement over claims that the company failed to provide a “standalone” notice of background checks to roughly 60,000 job applicants.

Under the terms of the proposed 7-Eleven class action settlement, the convenience store chain will establish a settlement fund of $1,972,500 to compensate Class Members.

An amount of benefits per Class Member has not been specified, but court documents did indicate that each payout would not be more than $550.

Around one third of the settlement fund will likely go to attorneys, and the named plaintiff Edwardo Munoz will request $5,000 for his role in the background check class action lawsuit.

The settlement deal has not received preliminary approval yet, but the hearing for preliminary approval is scheduled for July 15.

7-Eleven does not admit to any wrongdoing, but has agreed to settle the claims to avoid the risks and costs of continuing to litigate the issue.

Attorneys for the Class Members expressed approval of the proposed settlement deal, calling it a strong one.

In his 7-Eleven background check class action lawsuit, Munoz claimed that 7-Eleven violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by not providing a “standalone” notice to individuals, letting them know that the company would be conducting a background check.

Allegedly, this violation primarily applied to people who applied to work at 7-Eleven, but also affected other people on whom the company conducted a background check.

The Fair Credit Reporting Act requires businesses to provide a clear notice that a background check is going to be conducted, and requires there to be no other information on the same notice, because it might confuse the reader or make the message less clear.

Munoz claims that the notice of background checks that 7-Eleven provided was not a “standalone” document and did not meet the requirements set forth by federal law because it included extraneous, and possibly confusing information.

Munoz argues that 7-Eleven Inc. knew or should have know the requirements of the FCRA, but violated the law nonetheless. Allegedly, the company made a practice of providing insufficient notice of background checks, and this affected many job applicants around the country.

7-Eleven is also facing another lawsuit in New York federal court asserting that the company did not pay minimum wages and overtime, as required by law.

The company attempted to fight that lawsuit by asking that workers be required to produce their tax returns. This request was denied by the judge. According to the judge, the company had not made a sufficient argument for why the tax returns should be brought into court.

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The 7-Eleven job applicants are represented by Steven L. Woodrow, Patrick H. Peluso and Taylor T. Smith of Woodrow & Peluso LLC.

The 7-Eleven Background Checks Class Action Lawsuit is Edwardo Munoz v. 7-Eleven Inc., Case No. 2:18-cv-03893, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

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29 thoughts on7­-Eleven Will Pay $2M to Settle Background Check Class Action

  1. William Romero says:

    I haven’t received my check aswell. I need sum answers. Or my check! Send to William Romero 800 gentlemen rd apt 132 San Antonio,tx. 78201. 2108741076

  2. SJ says:

    I received my checked but now its expired do anyone know what number are website to call are go to to get another check

    1. LILLIAN FAIRFIELD says:

      Does anyone have this number i never even recieved mine but i filed?

  3. Carlos says:

    July 11, 2020 and haven’t gotten a cent, by the time a check comes through everyone
    Will have forgotten and never receive anything.

  4. Melissa Brea says:

    what are the actual check amounts ? hear theres another lawsuit against 7eleven .

  5. Corie Reardon says:

    I worked for them for a few years is this over? Or can i apply?

  6. Misty Hendrickson says:

    I have not received my check either. Nor has my daughter.

    1. Kristie says:

      I just mine in January may take some time

  7. Marion R Anderson says:

    Please add me. Thank you.

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