December 20, 2023
The $16.6 million settlement that more than 2,400 mortgage consultants reached with Wells Fargo to end an overtime suit will leave unanswered the question in the Third Circuit of whether workers covered by arbitration agreements can receive notice of collective wage suits.
February 06, 2023
A potential settlement between Wells Fargo and home mortgage consultants who say it shorted them on overtime would forestall an answer from the Third Circuit about whether workers covered by arbitration agreements are entitled to receive court-authorized notice of wage and hour collective actions, experts told Law360.
January 19, 2023
The Third Circuit will hold off on deciding whether notices for a collective action claiming Wells Fargo didn't pay workers for off-the-clock work can be sent to employees who signed arbitration agreements, saying it will wait for settlement negotiations to end.
January 11, 2023
Wells Fargo and a group of thousands of mortgage consultants suing the bank for allegedly requiring them to work off the clock asked the Third Circuit to hold off its decision, saying they are in a settlement conference that could negate the court's need to weigh in.
February 04, 2022
Wells Fargo continues to assert that a group of mortgage consultants bound by arbitration agreements should not be notified about an overtime collective action filed against the bank, arguing in its latest Third Circuit brief that the workers haven't shown the agreements are unenforceable.
January 03, 2022
The new year is shaping up to be chock-full of cases for wage-and-hour attorneys to watch, including three before the U.S. Supreme Court that could expand employers' right to divert a suit to arbitration. Here are seven to keep an eye on.