For the fifth year in a row, U.S. employers have seen an increase in the number of wage-and-hour lawsuits filed against them in federal court, according to calculations by the Federal Judicial Center. Plaintiffs brought 7,764 suits between April 1, 2012, and March 31, 2013, about a 10 percent jump since 2012.
While it may be a record year for litigation that involves pay disputes, labor and employment lawyers say the figure represents part of a continuing trend. A decade ago, "this was described as a claim that was a flavor of the month," says Noah Finkel, a partner at Seyfarth Shaw in Chicago and coeditor of the book Wage & Hour Collective and Class Litigation. But the numbers since then suggest that "these claims are here to stay," he adds.
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