The U.S. Supreme Court kicks off its new term in October, which includes two employment cases of interest: one under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the other under Title VII.
Let’s look first at the FLSA case, which presents an interesting issue of federal procedure involving the FLSA version of class actions. The case comes from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which sketched out the pertinent facts in Symczyk v. Genesis Healthcare Corp., et al. (2011). Laura Symczyk, who worked as a nurse, claimed her employer made her and others work during their lunch breaks without compensating them. She sued, asking the trial court to notify similarly situated employees of the suit and inviting them to join if they wished.
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