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For Richards And Not For Poorer: Employers in the Seventh Circuit Get Reprieve From Unfair FLSA Collective Certification Standard

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The Seventh Circuit has joined the Fifth and Sixth Circuits in establishing a higher bar for employees to clear before courts may authorize “notice” to potential members of an FLSA collective action. Although the Seventh...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Appeals Court Says No FLSA Notice for Employees Who Agree to Arbitrate

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On January 24, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit announced a new standard by which a district court should evaluate whether notice of an FLSA collective action should be sent to employees who may be...more

Fisher Phillips

7-Year Equal Pay Class and Collective Action in NJ Could Settle for $6.2 Million

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More than seven years ago, female sales representatives who worked for Merck filed a class and collective action alleging discrimination in pay on the basis of their gender in violation of the Equal Pay Act (EPA) and Title...more

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Representative Evidence May Or May Not Be Sufficient

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A recent U.S. Supreme Court case holding that representative evidence can be used in class/collective actions to the same extent that it could be used in an individual action may not have the broad application hoped for by...more

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