Lawsuits filed under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which have increased every year for the past seven years, have jumped nearly 5% this year.
The FLSA is the most general federal labor law, covering a wide range of issues, including minimum wage provisions, the Equal Pay Act, child labor restrictions, and other labor and employment law provisions. Many FLSA cases center on disputes about overtime pay, or pay for other work that is off the clock.
According the law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP, the number of wage and hour lawsuits is up significantly again this year. Using data from the Federal Judicial Center, Seyfarth said that over the 12-month period preceding March 31, the number of lawsuits increased to 8,126, up 4.7% over the previous 12-month period. Over 10 years, the number of such cases has increased 237%, the law firm said.
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