Fifth Circuit Rejects Two-Step Approach For Certifying FLSA Collective Actions
By EsqSocial Corporation 14/01/21
On “how stringently, and how soon, district courts should enforce [Fair Labor Standards Act] Section 216(b)’s ‘similarly situated’ mandate” when considering motions for certification of collective actions, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has rejected the familiar two-step, conditional certification-followed-by-decertification approach that is common across the country in collective actions......
By: Jackson Lewis P.C.