A federal judge in Trenton, New Jersey, granted conditional certification Thursday in a collective action against convenience store operator Wawa on behalf of assistant general managers on claims that they were wrongly denied overtime pay.

U.S. District Judge Peter Sheridan ruled that plaintiffs met the ”lenient burden” for conditional certification of a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act. He cited statements by the four named plaintiffs that they routinely work 50 to 60 hours per week and spend nearly all their time on nonmanagerial duties such as making sandwiches and operating cash registers.