To: Women who were employed by Apple Inc. in California in exempt positions at any time since June 13, 2020 in one of the following lines of business: Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, AppleCare Operations, AppleCare Support, Hardware, Hardware Technologies, Marketing, Marketing Communications, Services, or Software.1
Three current and former employees of Apple have filed a lawsuit against Apple seeking to bring class action claims: Jong et al. v. Apple Inc., Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, Case No. CGC-24-615363 (the “lawsuit”). The lawsuit alleges that Apple systematically pays female employees in certain lines of business lower wage rates than it pays to male employees performing substantially similar work under similar working conditions. The Plaintiffs also allege that Apple had a practice of using prior pay, and later pay expectations, to set starting pay and starting level, and that those practices had a disparate impact on Apple’s female employees in certain lines of business. Plaintiffs also allege that Apple’s performance evaluation system, including its practice of identifying certain individuals as having “talent,” is biased against women in these lines of business. Apple believes it acted lawfully and denies the claims being made in this lawsuit. The Court has not decided if any of the allegations in the lawsuit are true, if any of the claims in this lawsuit have merit, or if the case may proceed as a class action.
Attorneys for the three Plaintiffs have sought to obtain your name, last known mailing address, and last known personal email address from Apple so that they may communicate with you about the allegations that the Plaintiffs have made in the lawsuit. Out of respect for your privacy rights and consistent with California’s constitutional privacy protections, the parties have agreed to notify you and provide you an opportunity to opt out of having your contact information released to Plaintiffs’ counsel.
If you do not want your name, last known address, and personal email address disclosed to the Plaintiffs’ attorneys in the Jong v. Apple lawsuit, please “Opt-Out” by December 5, 2025. Otherwise, your personal contact information will be provided to the Plaintiffs’ attorneys, who may contact you in connection with this case. Whether or not you allow Plaintiffs’ attorneys to receive your personal contact information will not impact whether or not you would be a part of the class action (if the Court decided the case could proceed that way).
You will not be rewarded or penalized in any way by Apple based on your decision to allow or not allow your contact information to be disclosed. This notice is not a communication from the Court and is not an expression of any opinion by the Court as to the merits of the claims or defenses by either side in this lawsuit.
Please do not contact the Court about this matter.
If you have questions regarding this Lawsuit, you may contact the company that is managing the opt-out process:
Jong et al. v. Apple Inc.
c/o Simpluris, Inc.
P.O. Box 26170
Santa Ana, CA 92799
Phone: (844) 496-1199
Email: info@AppleJongOptOut.com