Mealey's (November 29, 2018, 2:29 PM EST) -- CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina federal judge on Nov. 27 granted in part and denied in part a plaintiff’s motion to conditionally certify a collective action in her lawsuit alleging that an in-home companion care franchise had an unlawful policy and practice of failing to pay regular and overtime wages, finding that statewide notice to all employees of the franchisor is not appropriate particularly where other franchisees are not named as defendants (Roseann Geiger, et al. v. H.H. Franchising Systems, Inc., et al., No. 17-00738, W.D. N.C., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 199970)....