Jermaine Whitfield v. Levi Strauss & Co

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA JERMAINE WHITFIELD, Case No. 26-cv-01300-RFL Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR v. NOTICE TO FLSA COLLECTIVE LEVI STRAUSS & CO, Re: Dkt. No. 76 Defendant. Jermaine Whitfield alleges that his former employer, Levi Strauss & Co (“Levi’s”), underpaid him and his coworkers. He asserts claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and Nevada law. The FLSA allows for similarly situated plaintiffs to join a case and thereby form a collective action. This is a two-step process. First, a plaintiff seeks conditional certification of…