How Common Are FLSA Wage And Hour Unpaid Overtime Claims?
Very common – and becoming even more so due to the difficult economic environment surrounding many businesses. As employers struggle to control costs, one of the first areas employers seek to cut are employee wages. As employers try to get more labor for less money – they sometimes end up illegally withholding overtime wages or regular wages from employees who are working off the clock. Wage And Hour Claims Typically Affect Many Employees Employer practices in this area are generally across the board and wage and hour claims known as FLSA collective actions typically involve many employees. These actions are easier to certify than class actions because the initial burden of certifying a conditional collective FLSA class is much easier than satisfying each of the required elements of a class case. An increasing number of firms who handle these types of cases have realized the benefits in time and cost to an FLSA case. On the other hand, in order for these cases to truly be successful, e
