Judge Rita F. Lin ruled that workers who submitted consent forms up to 38 days after the March 7, 2026 deadline could join the ADEA collective action in Mobley v. Workday, Inc. The plaintiffs had notified the court that over 500 individuals submitted joinder forms after the cutoff date.
Lin held that although these individuals have not made a good cause showing, allowing their participation serves judicial efficiency and furthers the ADEA's goals of lowering individual costs through pooled resources. The judge noted that Workday showed no specific prejudice from the late joinder.
The court set a hard deadline of April 14, 2026 for consent forms. Anyone seeking to join after that date must file an affidavit on the docket explaining their delay and demonstrating individualized good cause.
Lin ordered plaintiffs to disable public access to the website workdaycase.com by April 15, 2026, finding that the live consent form could mislead workers into believing they could still timely join the litigation. The court also directed plaintiffs to upload all consent forms to the court's Box.com site and serve them on Workday by April 20, 2026.
The judge warned that individuals whose consent forms are not properly filed and served on Workday will not satisfy the statutory requirements to join the conditionally certified ADEA collective under 29 U.S.C. § 216(b).