Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit in and for Orange County, Florida

If you worked for Olympus America (“Olympus”) as a sales representative, however variously titled, including as a Territory Manager, Associate Territory Manager, or Sales Specialist (collectively, “Sales Representatives”), you may be entitled to a payment from the settlement of a collective action lawsuit if you complete and return the enclosed form.

A state court authorized this notice.  This is not a solicitation from a lawyer.

• This notice pertains to any Olympus employee who, as a Sales Representative, engaged in new hire sales training during their initial period of employment, at any time (i) in California between December 9, 2020 through July 7, 2025; and/or (i) anywhere else in the United States between July 1, 2022 through July 7, 2025 (the “Covered Period”). 

• A former Sales Representative known as the “Plaintiff” has sued Olympus in a lawsuit filed as a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) in the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit in and for Orange County, Florida.  The lawsuit is known as Sorensen v. Olympus America, Case No. 2025-CA-007614-O.  The lawsuit alleges that Olympus, referred to as either “Olympus” or “Defendant,” misclassified Sales Representatives as overtime-wage exempt (i.e., salary-paid) employees while they were engaged in new hire sales training and, during that time, were not paid overtime compensation due to them when they worked in excess of 40 hours per week to complete training, including time spent reviewing training materials and studying for training exams and quizzes from home.  Plaintiff alleges that Defendant therefore failed to pay Plaintiff and other Sales Representatives properly for all overtime hours they worked while engaged in new hire sales training. 

• Olympus denies the allegations in the lawsuit and maintains that it at all times properly classified its Sales Representatives as exempt during training, just as they were properly classified as exempt during the remainder of their employment.  Olympus further denies that Sales Representatives worked more than forty hours a week during their initial training period, and Olympus contends that it properly compensated its Sales Representatives at all times.  The parties have entered into this settlement solely with the intention to avoid further disputes and litigation with the attendant inconvenience and expense.  The Court has not made any ruling on the merits of the Plaintiff’s claims, and no party has prevailed in this action.

Your legal rights may be affected, and you have a choice to make now:

YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS IN THIS SETTLEMENT:
RETURN THE CONSENT FORM	By returning a properly completed Consent to Join and Release Form, you agree to participate in the settlement, receive a monetary settlement payment, and release your claims.
DO NOT RETURN THE CONSENT FORM	If you do not wish to participate in, or be bound by, the settlement, you should not return the Consent to Join and Release Form.  If you do not timely return a properly completed Consent to Join and Release Form, you will not participate in or be bound by the settlement and will not receive a monetary settlement payment.

Important Dates:

• Deadline to Submit a Claim Form: December 2, 2025.

For more information, you may click on the Important Documents tab for Court Documents or the Contact Us tab above to obtain information for the Settlement Administrator or Counsel for this matter.