Dismissing Non-Willful Claims Under the FLSA – the Second Circuit Rules on an Issue of First Impression
By EsqSocial Corporation 04/05/21
Everybody knows that the statute of limitations for claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is two years, unless the claim is for a willful FLSA violation, in which case the statute of limitations is three years. Okay, maybe everybody doesn’t know that—but attorneys who regularly bring or defend wage-and-hour claims certainly do (and if you’re reading this blog, you probably do as well). So an FLSA claim filed in 2021 based on allegations from 2017 can be easily dismissed at the outset...
By: Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC