UPDATE:


SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS DISTRIBUTED

For more information about the settlement or your claim, call toll-free,
1-877-393-5666.

As of July 20, 2011, the $22.75 million settlement fund has been fully distributed. Settlement payments have been mailed to all qualifying claimants whose claims were received by June 3, 2011. More than 5,000 current and former Cintas Route Drivers have received payments from the settlement fund. No more claims can be accepted or paid at this time.

Qualifying claimants who filed FLSA consent to sue forms, or who were members of state law classes, received payments based on a court-approved formula based on the relative strength of their overtime and/or meal and rest break claims asserted in this case and the level of their participation in this case, in addition to payments from the ERISA settlement fund of $300,000. Qualifying claimants who did not file FLSA consent to sue forms, and were not members of state law classes, received payments from the ERISA settlement fund. In addition, every person who filed an FLSA consent to sue form in this case received a minimum settlement payment of $100.

As required by law, federal and state payroll taxes have been withheld from the settlement payments mailed this week. You will receive tax documentation reflecting the taxes that were withheld from your payment. Cintas has paid the employer’s share of payroll taxes. Please consult with a tax professional regarding any questions about the taxes that may apply to your settlement payment. We cannot give you tax advice

For further information, you may contact the Settlement Information Center toll-free at 1-877-393-5666.

This web site provides information about a nationwide class action lawsuit for unpaid overtime premiums against Cintas Corporation, brought by current and former route drivers. At last count, approximately 2,200 individual drivers have joined the lawsuit, from 42 states and hundreds of locations throughout the country.

This case was filed by several dozen Cintas drivers in U.S. District Court in San Francisco on March 19, 2003. Plaintiffs allege that Cintas Corporation violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and various state overtime laws by not paying overtime to its drivers who worked more than 40 hours per week. For more information, see the following links:

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