Canada Cartage / Direct Distribution Centres
Unpaid Overtime Class Action

Class Action Against Canada Cartage and Direct Distribution Centres

On November 1, 2021, Justice Belobaba of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice approved the settlement between the representative plaintiff Marco Baroch and Canada Cartage. You can read Justice Belobaba’s decision here. The settlement provides for a payment of $22,250,000 by Canada Cartage. The Class Counsel team is now working on distributing the final settlement funds to Class Members.

AM I A CLASS MEMBER?
The Class includes current and former employees of Canada Cartage (Canada Cartage System Limited, Direct Limited Partnership, Canada Cartage System Limited Partnership and Sonar Limited Partnership) who worked at Canada Cartage at any point between March 1, 2006 to January 30, 2015 and who were entitled to overtime pay under the Canada Labour Code.

The Class does not include employees who were part of management or otherwise exempt from overtime pay. It does not include employees who were part of a union. It does not include individuals who worked for Canada Cartage through an agency. It also excludes everyone who “opted out” of the class action by sending a request to Class Counsel before December 31, 2015.

Please note that just because you may have received a copy of the settlement approval notice does not mean that you are in the class. The settlement approval notice was sent to all former employees and everyone who registered on the web site, even if they were not otherwise Class Members.

WHEN WILL CLASS MEMBERS RECEIVE FUNDS?
RicePoint sent notification letters explaining to each Class Member how much money they should anticipate receiving as part of the settlement on August 9, 2022. A letter enclosing a first cheque was sent in November/December 2022. The second distribution of funds was sent out on July 2, 2024.

A third distribution of funds (primarily the refund of taxes on the uncashed first distribution cheques) will be sent in late November 2025 to class members who received the highest 1000 shares in the first and second distribution (at least $3015.59 before taxes) and to class members who did not receive their first distribution cheques but contacted RicePoint before 4:00PM on October 15, 2025. 

WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?
RicePoint sent out the first two distributions in 2022 and 2024. If you did not receive and cash a first and second distribution cheque and did not contact RicePoint before October 15, 2025, it is now too late to receive a share of the settlement funds.

If you are eligible for the third distribution and wish to update your address information, please contact RicePoint, the claims administrator, at canadacartage@ricepoint.com or 1-888-713-5220.

WHO IS THE REPRESENTATIVE PLAINTIFF?
The representative plaintiff is the plaintiff who is bringing the lawsuit on behalf of himself and all of the class members. Marco Baroch is the representative plaintiff in this class action. Marco worked as a shunter at a Canada Cartage location in Mississauga, Ontario for about seven years.

WHO ARE THE LAWYERS?
This class action was started by lawyers at Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP, a premier litigation boutique located in Toronto, Ontario. To contact us, click here.