OPINION AND ORDER On September 27, 2018, Plaintiff Mireya Aguilo (“Plaintiff” or “Aguilo”) individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated commenced this action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and the New York Labor Law (“NYLL”) against Vails Gate Cleaners, Inc. (“Vails Gate”), Exit 9, LLC (“Exit 9″), and Richard Massimi (“Defendant Massimi”) (collectively, “Defendants”). (Docket No. 1). Plaintiff alleges that she and all other non-management employees were not paid the statutory minimum wage and overtime compensation for hours worked in excess of forty hours per week. (Id.). Presently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for (1) conditional certification as a collective action under 29 U.S.C. §216(b); and (2) approval of Plaintiff’s proposed notice and consent form. (Docket No. 32). Defendants opposed the motion on May 1, 2020, (Docket Nos. 37-39), and Plaintiff filed a reply on May 8, 2020, (Docket No. 40). For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiff’s motion is granted in part and denied in part.1 I. BACKGROUND2 Vails Gate and Exit 9 are both active New York corporations that are owned and operated by Defendant Massimi. (Docket No. 1
11-12, 17). Plaintiff alleges that the Defendants owned thirteen dry cleaning and laundry service locations in New York during the relevant time period. (Id. 41). Plaintiff commenced employment with the Defendants in December 2013. (Aguilo Decl.3 1). Aguilo asserts that her duties “primarily consisted of the ‘finisher’ steps of the laundry process, including folding and pressing the clean laundry pieces of clothing in a specialized steam machine,” “packing and organizing clothes to be delivered to customers,” and inspecting clothing to determine whether it was in good condition. (Id. 2). Aguilo claims that she typically worked five to six days per week from approximately 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. or 7:00 p.m., totaling between 54 and 62 hours each week, but that the “summers were often more hectic than winters.” (Id. 6). Aguilo initially worked at the Vails Gate location at 115 Temple Hill Road in New Windsor, NY from December 2013 to December 2014 and was then “based at the Vails Gate Processing Center located at 41 Wisner Avenue, Newburgh, New York” from approximately April 2015 through August 2018. (Id. 3). Aguilo also worked at two other retail locations during her employment: (1) Tailorland at 21 Route 17K in Newburgh, NY from January 2015 to April 2015; and (2) the Highland Mills location at 547 Route 32 in Highland Mills, NY. (Id.). Aguilo maintains that she was paid by the hour and received her wages by cash, check, or some combination of the two, accompanied by “a wage statement that did not reflect the accurate number of hours [she]…worked during the workweek.” (Aguilo Decl. 7). Aguilo was paid $7.00 per hour from the beginning of her employment until June 2015, when her hourly wage increased to $9.00 per hour for a maximum of 35 hours per week, with every additional hour paid at the $7.00 per hour rate. (Id., see also Docket No. 1 52). Aguilo contends that her hourly rate increased to $10.40 in March 2018, but she was still paid $7.00 per hour for all hours worked in excess of 35 hours per week.4 (Aguilo Decl. 8). Aguilo claims that she was paid below the statutory minimum wage for “a large portion” of her employment and never received overtime premiums for hours worked in excess of 40 hours a week. (Docket No. 1
