If you are or were employed by Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. in an hourly-paid or non-exempt position in a Home Depot store in California, a class action lawsuit may affect your rights

A lawsuit alleges that hourly-paid or non-exempt employees of Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. (“Home Depot” or “Defendant”) have not been correctly paid by Home Depot for time spent under Home Depot’s control at the start of shifts and time spent waiting to be released from locked stores after they are closed to the public for the night.

The Court has allowed the lawsuit against Home Depot to be a class action on behalf of two groups of employees, the Hourly Employee Class, defined as “[a]ll individuals employed by Home Depot in hourly-paid or non-exempt positions in California at any time since March 8, 2012,” and the Lock-In Class, defined as “[a]ll individuals employed by Home Depot in hourly-paid or non-exempt positions in California at any time since March 8, 2012, and who worked at least one shift ending after the time that the Home Depot store was scheduled to close to the public for the evening.”

The Court has not decided whether Home Depot did anything wrong. There is no money available now and no guarantee there will be. However, your legal rights may be affected, and you have a choice to make:

Your options are explained in the Notice. To ask to be excluded, you must act by November 27, 2018 .

. Lawyers must prove the claims against Home Depot at a trial. If money or benefits are obtained from Home Depot, you will be notified about how to ask for a share.

To view a copy of the Notice, click here.

YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS IN THIS SETTLEMENT Do nothing Stay in this lawsuit. Await the outcome. Give up certain rights. By doing nothing, you keep the possibility of getting money or benefits that may come from a trial or other resolution. But you give up any rights to sue Home Depot separately about the same legal claims in this lawsuit. Ask To Be Excluded Get out of this lawsuit. Get no benefits from it. Keep rights. If you ask to be excluded and money or benefits are later awarded, you won’t share in those. But, you keep any rights to sue Home Depot separately about the same legal claims in this lawsuit. Plaintiff’ Counsel May Be Reached At Shaun Setareh, Esq. shaun@setarehlaw.com H. Scott Leviant, Esq. scott@setarehlaw.com William M. Pao, Esq. william@setarehlaw.com SETAREH LAW GROUP

315 South Beverly Drive, Suite 315 Beverly Hills, California 90212 Toll-Free (877) 777-3774 www.setarehlaw.com

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