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Opt In or Opt Out or Both? Collective and Class Actions in Wage & Hour Cases

By Daniel Schwartz on October 1, 2014
Posted in Class Actions, Highlight, Litigation, Wage & Hour

A limo driver believes that he should be paid overtime.  He brings a lawsuit on both state and federal wage & hour laws.  But he believes that other similarly situated drivers should also be part of his lawsuit.

How does that happen? Well, he asks the court to represent all the other drivers as well.…

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Biography Photo of Daniel SchwartzDaniel A. Schwartz created the Connecticut Employment Law Blog in 2007 with the goal of sharing new and noteworthy items relating to employment law with employers, human resources personnel, and executives in Connecticut. Since then, the blog has been recognized by the ABA Journal, and was one of ten named to the “Blog Hall of Fame” in recognition of the blog’s contributions and consistency over the years.
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