Royal Farms unpaid employee overtime $995K collective action settlement

Two Farms Inc., doing business as Royal Farms, has agreed to pay up to $995,000 as part of settlement resolving a class action lawsuit that alleged the company failed to provide overtime pay to certain employee participants in the Store Leader in Training program.

Salaried employees who were classified as exempt from overtime and who participated in the Royal Farms Store Leader in Training program from Dec. 22, 2018, to Dec. 21, 2021, may be entitled to compensation from the unpaid overtime settlement.

The Royal Farms settlement will resolve a class action lawsuit alleging Royal Farms violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by misclassifying employees as exempt from overtime and by failing to pay overtime compensation to employees who participated in the Store Leaders in Training program.

Royal Farms denies any wrongdoing but agreed to settle the unpaid overtime class action lawsuit to avoid the burden, uncertainty and expense of ongoing litigation.

Royal Farms is a chain of more than 200 convenience stores in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, and West Virginia. The Store Leader in Training program is required for an employee to become a Royal Farms Store Leader, a job description that includes supervision and training of store employees.

The settlement notice sent to collective members includes a settlement payment estimate of what that individual is expected to receive. This estimate is based on the number of applicable weeks the collective member was employed as a salaried, exempt-classified Store Leader in Training.

To submit a claim online, collective members must provide the Claimant ID Number that was printed on the collective action settlement notice they received. Collective members who did not receive a notice of the Royal Farms settlement can contact the settlement administrator.

Claimants will be mailed a settlement check, and will have 120 days from the date it was mailed to deposit or cash the check.

Settlement funds that are not claimed by eligible collective members will revert to Royal Farms.

The Royal Farms employee overtime pay settlement has been approved.

Collective members must submit a completed claim form to the settlement administrator no later than Aug. 25, 2022.

Who’s Eligible

Salaried employees who were classified as exempt from overtime and who participated in the Royal Farms Store Leader in Training program from Dec. 22, 2018, to Dec. 21, 2021, may be entitled to compensation from the unpaid overtime settlement.

Potential Award

Varies

Proof of Purchase

Collective members must provide the Claimant ID Number that was printed on the collective action settlement notice they received. Collective members who did not receive a notice of the Royal Farms settlement can contact the settlement administrator.

Claim Form

NOTE: If you do not qualify for this settlement do NOT file a claim.

Remember: you are submitting your claim under penalty of perjury. You are also harming other eligible Class Members by submitting a fraudulent claim. If you’re unsure if you qualify, please read the FAQ section of the Settlement Administrator’s website to ensure you meet all standards (Top Class Actions is not a Settlement Administrator). If you don’t qualify for this settlement, check out our database of other open class action settlements you may be eligible for.

Claim Form Deadline

08/25/2022

Case Name

Park, et.al. v. Two Farms, Inc. d/b/al Royal Farms, Case No. 502022CA000369XXXXMB, in the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County, Florida

Final Hearing

Unknown

Settlement Website

TrainingOvertime.com

Claims Administrator

Two Farms, Inc. d/b/a Royal Farms 
Store Leader in Training Overtime Settlement
c/o Rust Consulting, Inc – 7567
PO Box 2396
Faribault, MN 55021-9096

Class Counsel

Gregg I Shavitz Esq
Camar R Jones Esq
SHAVITZ LAW GROUP PA

Defense Counsel

H Dean Bouland
BOULAND & BRUSH LLC

Nathaniel M Edenfield
SODHI SPOONT PLLC