May 29, 2024
The month of May brought plenty of rulings in cases with one or two workers trying to assert claims on behalf of others. Whether it's collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act or class actions under state law where the bar to clear is higher, here are 11 rulings on group wage and hour litigation to know from May.
May 20, 2024
A New York federal judge said Boar's Head can't get reconsideration of an order greenlighting a collective in a late pay suit because the workers in the case supported their claims, but granted the deli meat and cheese company's request to rework the collective definition.
March 25, 2024
A New York federal judge said a former Boar's Head employee showed that other workers are similarly situated in his late pay suit, granting the worker's bid for conditional certification of a collective.