FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
| SEND IN THE CLAIM FORM AND RELEASE. | Receive a settlement payment. Give up or āreleaseā certain claims and become a Plaintiff in the lawsuit. By timely fully completing and submitting the Consent to Join Settlement, Release, and Claim Form (see Section 4), you will receive your estimated settlement payment and release unpaid wage claims against T-Mobile that are covered by the Settlement. You may obtain a copy of the Settlement Agreement by contacting the Settlement Administrator at 1-800-427-0798. |
| DO NOTHING. | You do not give up any rights; however, you will not receive a settlement payment. If you do nothing and do not send back your Consent to Join Settlement, Release, and Claim Form, you will not receive any settlement payment and will not release any claims. |
In this Lawsuit, SMB Account Executives raise two claims: (1) that they were misclassified as exempt employees not eligible for overtime during their initial training period during the period between 3/1/2021 and 2/27/2024 (the āNational Training Collectiveā), and (2) that they were misclassified as exempt and not eligible for overtime during certain periods of the Covid-19 pandemic (the āCovid periodā), which is defined as 3/1/2021 to 2/27/2024 for those working in California (the āCalifornia Covid Collectiveā) and 3/1/2021 to 12/31/2021 for those working in states other than California (the āNational Covid Collective, Excluding Californiaā). The difference in dates is due to California specific laws.
T-Mobile denies any liability. Among other things, T-Mobile denies that employees were misclassified, and it contends that, at all times, SMB Account Executives were performing the duties required of exempt employees. In 2023, Plaintiffsā counsel began investigating these claims, and on September 16, 2024, the Court approved the Lawsuitās Settlement.
You are receiving this Notice because T-Mobileās records indicate you received initial training and/or worked as an SMB Account Executive during the applicable periods. Because you may be a member of the Settlement, your legal rights may be affected. You should read this Notice carefully.
You must decide whether to opt-in to this Settlement and receive a settlement payment from the Lawsuit in exchange for a waiver of your claims.
You must fully complete and return the Consent to Join Settlement, Release, and Claim Form to the Settlement Administrator by December 30, 2024. The Settlement Administratorās contact information is:
SMB Account Settlement
c/o Atticus Administration
PO Box 64053
Saint Paul, MN 55164
Email: SMBAccountSettlement@atticusadmin.com
Toll-Free: 1-800-427-0798
Fax No: 1-888-326-6411
You can access a PDF of the Consent to Join, Release, and Claim Form electronically HERE.Ā You may then download the Consent to Join, Release, and Claim Form, complete it electronically or download the Consent to Join, Release, and Claim Form, complete it on a paper copy, and mail or email it to the above address. You are also encouraged to contact the Settlement Administrator to confirm receipt. Ā The release contained in the Consent to Join, Release, and Claim Form applies to T-Mobile, together with T-Mobileās parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, partners, members, joint ventures, predecessor and successor corporations and business entities, past, present, and future and its and their agents, directors, officers, employees, shareholders, insurers and reinsurers, representatives, attorneys, and employee benefit plans and administrators (and the trustees or other individuals affiliated with such plans), past, present, and future (āReleased Partiesā).
If the address to which this Notice was sent is no longer your address, you should immediately advise the Settlement Administrator, at the address listed above and on the Claim Form.
The Shavitz Law Group, P.A. represents the Named Plaintiffs and has negotiated the Settlement terms. As part of the Settlement, the law firm will be paid one-third of the Settlement to compensate them for their attorneysā fees, plus their out-of-pocket costs and expenses for litigating and settling the Lawsuit. You will not have to pay the attorneys any of their fees, costs or expenses out-of-pocket.
Information about the firm is available at www.shavitzlaw.com and their phone number is 1-800-616-4000 and e-mail is slg@shavitzlaw.com.
No. T-Mobile will not retaliate against you based on your decision to participate or not participate in this Lawsuit.
If you would like more information about the Settlement, you may contact the Settlement Administrator, Atticus Administration, at 1-800-427-0798 or by email at: SMBAccountSettlement@atticusadmin.com or Plaintiffsā Counsel at 1-800-616-4000.