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IN THIS CLASS-ACTION-CERTIFICATION PROCEEDING ALLEGING FAILURE TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF PAY RATE AND PAY DAY AS REQUIRED BY LABOR LAW SECTION 195(1), THE COURT SHOULD NOT HAVE GRANTED CERTIFICATION FOR THE CLAIM FOR LIQUIDATED DAMAGES AND SHOULD NOT HAVE GRANTED THE REQUEST FOR THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS OF CLASS MEMBERS WHOSE CLASS-ACTION NOTICE WAS RETURNED AS UNDELIVERABLE (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court in this class-action-certification proceeding concerning wage notice violations, noted that CPLR 901(b) prohibits class actions seeking liquidated damages and the request for social security numbers for class members whose notice was returned as undeliverable should not have been granted:

… [T]he court should not have granted class certification for the wage notice claims, which are based on the alleged failure to provide a notice of pay rate and pay day as required by Labor Law § 195(1), and seek liquidated damages, plus reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs under Labor Law § 198(1-b). Where, as here, defendant pleaded a Labor Law § 198 statutory affirmative defense to the wage notice claim, the court should have declined to grant certification by applying the CPLR 901(b) prohibition against class actions seeking liquidated damages … .

To the extent the court ordered defendants to provide the names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of all class members, as well as social security numbers for all class members whose notice is returned as undeliverable without a forwarding address, the order is modified to deny the request for social security numbers. The court otherwise properly granted the request for phone numbers and e-mail addresses, which is a reasonable request to expedite class notification. Idahosa v MFM Contr. Corp., 2025 NY Slip Op 03762, First Sept 6-24-25

Practice Point: Where class-action notices are returned as undeliverable, the request for phone numbers and e-mail addresses is properly granted to expedite class notification, but the request for social security numbers should not be granted.

 

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