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    Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—Other litigation developments, (Sep 10, 2026)

    By WK Editorial Staff

    A roundup of court actions granting certification of FLSA collective and Rule 23 class actions of interest to the labor and employment community.

    Employees of distribution centers for Levi Strauss were granted their motion for notice of an FLSA collec ...

    By WK Editorial Staff

    A roundup of court actions granting certification of FLSA collective and Rule 23 class actions of interest to the labor and employment community.

    Employees of distribution centers for Levi Strauss were granted their motion for notice of an FLSA collective action alleging they spent unpaid time waiting in line to clock in and out; FLSA collective (Whitfield v. Levi Strauss & Co., No. 26-cv-01300-RFL (N.D. Cal. Aug. 3, 2026)).

    Construction workers alleged their employer regularly required employees to work over 40 hours per week but failed to pay them the overtime rate and used a common scheme of issuing employees two checks for weeks where overtime was earned, the second check falling far below the required overtime payments; FLSA collective (Ramirez v. J.A. Argetakis Contracting Co., No. 1:25-cv-03910-JRR (D. Md. Aug. 4. 2026)).

    Certified nurse assistants alleged their employer had a policy and practice of auto-deducting meal breaks that employees were regularly required to work through in order to complete job duties, resulting in unpaid wages and overtime; Rule 23 class (Aderohunmu v. Loretto Health & Rehabilitation Center, No. 5:24-CV-731 (DNH/ML) (N.D.N.Y. Aug. 5, 2026)).

    Janitorial employee alleged his employer classified him and similar workers as independent contractors and paid them straight salaries without overtime compensation; FLSA collective (Oakleaf v. Southwest Janitorial Service LLC, No. 24-2493-KHV (D. Kan. Aug. 6, 2026)).

    Drivers and warehouse workers for an automotive parts business alleged their employer’s policy of forcing 30-minute deductions for meal breaks that employees were regularly required to cutoff or work through in order to complete job duties resulted in underpayment of wages and overtime compensation; FLSA collective and Rule 23 class (Ferrara v. United Auto Supply of Syracuse, Inc., 5:24-CV-337 (DNH/ML) (N.D.N.Y. Aug. 13, 2026)).

    Employees of a mining company were granted issuance of a court-authorized notice in a suit alleging their employer failed to compensate employees for all hours worked, including overtime and “off-the-clock” time; FLSA collective (Wieban v. Nevada Gold Mines LLC, No. 3:24-cv-00575-MMD-CSD (D. Nev. Aug. 14, 2026)).

    Cases: WageHour ClassActions WorkingTime Overtime EmployeeStatus

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