September 09, 2022
Amid pressure to adopt the Fifth Circuit’s novel approach to wage and hour suits with many plaintiffs, courts around the country are by and large sticking to the long-standing, two-step procedure for certifying collective actions. Here, Law360 reviews three instances when a judge has declined to follow the Fifth Circuit’s single-step process.
March 16, 2022
A manufacturing company and an ex-worker told an Arkansas federal court that they have agreed to settle a suit alleging the company shaved hours off the timekeeping system to avoid paying overtime.
November 01, 2021
A group of workers for a manufacturing company cannot move forward as a collective, as an Arkansas federal judge found that the opt-in plaintiffs did not share common injury caused by what a suit alleges is the company's shaving-time policy.
February 12, 2021
Hourly employees of a screw machine product manufacturing company won conditional certification Thursday of their collective action claiming the company shaved their time cards to get out of paying overtime.