FLSA Does Not Bar Claim Waivers, Wash. Judge Says

By Benjamin Morse ( February 6, 2026, 2:31 PM EST) -- The Fair Labor Standards Act does not categorically bar a contract's release of an employee's claims, a Washington federal judge ruled, finding that a former pharmaceutical manufacturing company worker's severance agreement that included a general release of claims precludes his wage suit....

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