NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT CONCERNING PEPSICO AND TROPICANA EMPLOYEE CLAIMS ARISING FROM THE KRONOS OUTAGE
A Court has authorized this Notice. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer
SUMMARY OF YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS IN THIS CLASS AND COLLECTIVE ACTION SETTLEMENT
Important Dates
The purpose of this website is to advise you of a settlement that has been reached in a class and collective action on behalf of all persons who were employed in the United States by PepsiCo, Inc. (“PepsiCo”), New Tiger LLC (“New Tiger”), and their various respective divisions and subsidiaries (collectively, “PepsiCo Companies”), pertaining to their inability to timely or accurately pay these employees for all hours worked during the seventeen pay periods between December 5, 2021 and April 8, 2022 due to their payroll provider, the Ultimate Kronos Group (“Kronos”) experiencing a cybersecurity incident that began on December 11, 2021 through February 12, 2022 (the “Kronos Outage”). The case is entitled Stevens et al. v. PepsiCo. Inc. et al., Case No. 7-22-cv-00802-NSR.and is pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, White Plains Division (the “Court”), along with numerous other cases which were originally filed in other federal courts and have been consolidated with the Stevens case.
Whether you act or not, your legal rights are affected by this proposed settlement. Your rights and options – and the deadlines to exercise them – are explained in the Notice. Please read the Notice carefully in its entirety.
| Summary of Your Legal Rights and Options in this Settlement | |
|---|---|
| Do Nothing | You will be paid your share of the settlement which will be calculated as described in FAQ 4. |
| Exclude Yourself | Get no payment. This is the only option that allows you to pursue your own claims or be part of any other lawsuit against the Defendants that asserts any claims relating to or arising out of the Kronos Outage. To do so, you must act by February 6, 2023. See FAQ 6. |
| Object | So long as you have not excluded yourself, write to the Court about why you don’t like the settlement and do not want it approved. To do so, you must act by February 6, 2023. See FAQ 12. |
| Go to a Hearing | Ask to speak in Court about the fairness of the settlement, or any part of it, that will be held on April 4, 2023. See FAQs 14 – 16. |