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Class Status Denied In BellSouth FLSA Suit

Law360, New York (February 12, 2009) -- BellSouth Telecommunications Inc. got a lift Tuesday as a judge denied conditional class status to call center employees seeking unpaid overtime wages, holding the plaintiffs’ activities and claims too varied to qualify for collective certification.

Stressing disparities in the putative plaintiffs’ job duties and inconsistencies in the alleged violations, Judge Orinda D. Evans of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia said...

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