Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—Other litigation developments, (Jul 9, 2026)

By WK Editorial Staff

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

Store workers were granted their motion for conditional certification of a collective action to recover unpaid wages, and alleging that they were paid below the Arizona minimum wage; FLSA collective (Ruben v. SV Super Sale Bin Store Inc., No. CV-25-00228-TUC-JGZ (D. Ariz. June 9, 2026)).

Customer service representatives were granted conditional certification of a collective action alleging their employer maintained a corporate policy and practice of willfully failing to pay them overtime compensation for off-the-clock work; FLSA collective (Walters v. Altius Inspiro U.S., Inc., No. 2:25-cv-00482-DKG (D. Idaho June 12, 2026)).

Hourly employees at a convention center were granted a motion for conditional certification of an FLSA collective action alleging failure to pay all overtime wages and pay employees for all hours worked because of automatic meal deductions; FLSA collective (De la Cerda v. San Diego Convention Center Corporation, Inc., No. 3:24-cv-1058-CAB-DDL (S.D. Cal. June 18, 2026)).

Restaurant employees were granted a motion for certification of a collective action alleging an employer refused to pay time-and-a-half for overtime, illegally deducted credit card fees from employees’ tips, and required servers to participate in an illegal tip pool; FLSA collective (Pulliam v. Banana Blossom Thai Café, LLC, No. 25-1341 (E.D. La. June 24, 2026)).

Cases: WageHour ClassActions WorkingTime Overtime MinimumWage