Case No: 19-cv-60728-BLOOM/Valle  3  [a]t the notice stage, the district court makes a decision—usually based only on the pleadings and any affidavits which have been submitted—whether notice of the action should be given to potential class members.   Because the court has minimal evidence, this determination is made using a fairly lenient standard and typically results in conditional certification of a representative class. If the district court conditionally certifies the class, putative class members are given notice and the opportunity to opt-in. The action proceeds as a representative action throughout discovery.   Id.  With respect to the second requirement, a plaintiff must show that there are employees who  would opt-in if given notice.Mackenzie v. Kindred Hosps. E., L.L.C., 276 F. Supp. 2d 1211, 1220  (M.D. Fla. 2003) (“[A] showing that others desire to opt-in must be made before notice is  authorized.”) (citations omitted). Based on this showing, a “district court should satisfy itself that  there are other employees of the department-employer who desire to ‘opt-in’ . . . .”Dybach, 942  F.2d at 1567. The plaintiff also bears the burden of producing evidence demonstrating aggrieved  individuals exist within the proposed class.Haynes, 696 F.2d at 888 (holding that the district court  properly declined to authorize notice to a prospective class, where the only evidence presented was  counsel’s assertions that FLSA violations were widespread and that additional plaintiffs would  come from other stores). If the plaintiff does not satisfy his burden, the Court should decline to  certify a collective action to “avoid the ‘stirring up’ of litigation through unwarranted solicitation.”  White v. Osmose, Inc., 204 F. Supp. 2d 1309, 1318 (M.D. Ala. 2002) (quoting Brooks v. BellSouth  Telecomms., Inc., 164 F.R.D. 561, 567 (N.D. Ala. 1995)).  III.  DISCUSSION  A. Evidence Employees Desire to Opt-In    Plaintiffs must first show a reasonable basis for the existence of other potential opt-in  plaintiffs. “The existence of just one other co-worker who desires to join in is sufficient to raise  Case 0:19-cv-60728-BB Document 32 Entered on FLSD Docket 07/31/2019 Page 3 of 13