18th Annual Workplace Class Action Report - 2022 Edition

Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report: 2022 Edition ix (xiv) FLSA Collective Actions Involving Government Employees ....................251 (xv) Foreign Worker Issues In Wage & Hour Class Actions ............................254 (xvi) Independent Contractor Issues In Wage & Hour Class Actions ...............255 (xvii) Individual Executive Liability In FLSA Collective Actions..........................259 (xviii) Issues With Opt-In Rights In Wage & Hour Class Actions........................261 (xix) Joint Employer, Employee Status, And Employer Status Issues In FLSA Collective Actions.........................................................................262 (xx) Jurisdictional Issues In Wage & Hour Collective And Class Actions........263 (xxi) Migrant And Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act Class Actions....................................................................................................265 (xxii) Motor Carrier Act Issues In FLSA Collective Actions................................266 (xxiii) Notice Issues In FLSA Collective Actions .................................................267 (xxiv) Pay Policies And Bonuses In FLSA Collective Actions ............................269 (xxv) Preemption And Immunity Issues In FLSA Collective Actions .................279 (xxvi) Preemptive Motion Issues In FLSA Collective Actions .............................281 (xxvii) Procedural Issues In FLSA Collective Actions..........................................284 (xxviii) Public Employee FLSA Collective Action Litigation ..................................289 (xxix) Retaliation Claims In Wage & Hour Class Actions ...................................290 (xxx) Sanctions In Wage & Hour Class Actions.................................................291 (xxxi) Settlement Approval Issues In Wage & Hour Class Actions And FLSA Collective Actions.........................................................................292 (xxxii) Settlement Bar And Estoppel Issues In Wage & Hour Class Actions ......298 (xxxiii) Sleep-Time Policies In Wage & Hour Class Action Litigation...................299 (xxxiv) Statute Of Limitations Issues In Wage & Hour Class Action Litigation .................................................................................................300 (xxxv) Stay Orders In FLSA Collective Actions ...................................................300 (xxxvi) Tip Pooling And Tip Credit Claims Under The FLSA................................301 (xxxvii) Travel Time Issues In Wage & Hour Class Action Litigation ....................303 (xxxviii) Trials In Wage & Hour Class And Collective Actions................................304 (xxxix) Venue Issues In FLSA Collective Actions.................................................305 (xl) Wage & Hour Class And Collective Actions Involving Students And Interns.....................................................................................................305 VI. SIGNIFICANT CLASS ACTION RULINGS UNDER THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974 .....................................................................................309 A. Cases Certifying Or Refusing To Certify ERISA Class Actions ...............................309 (i) First Circuit ................................................................................................309 (ii) Second Circuit ...........................................................................................310 (iii) Third Circuit ...............................................................................................311 (iv) Fourth Circuit .............................................................................................311 (v) Fifth Circuit ................................................................................................312 (vi) Sixth Circuit ...............................................................................................312 (vii) Seventh Circuit ..........................................................................................313 (viii) Eighth Circuit .............................................................................................314 (ix) Ninth Circuit ...............................................................................................316 (x) Tenth Circuit ..............................................................................................316 (xi) Eleventh Circuit .........................................................................................317 (xii) District Of Columbia Circuit .......................................................................318 B. Other Federal Rulings Affecting The Defense Of ERISA Class Actions..................318 (i) Administrative Fees In ERISA Class Actions............................................318 (ii) Administrative Exhaustion In ERISA Class Actions..................................318 (iii) Appeal Issues In ERISA Class Actions.....................................................319 (iv) Arbitration Issues In ERISA Class Actions................................................319