Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—Other litigation developments, (Jul 10, 2025)

By WK Editorial Staff

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

Sales coordinators for a logistics company granted court-authorized notice of a proposed FLSA collective alleging that an employer required them to work more than 40 hours per week without overtime pay; FLSA collective (Shelton v. Steam Logistics, LLC, No. 1:24-cv-393 (E.D. Tenn. June 2, 2025)).

Store clerks for convenience stores alleged that they only ever received straight time wages even when they worked over 40 hours during a workweek; FLSA collective (Caballero v. Los Compadres Liquor Store, Inc., No. 24-cv-01569-PAB-MDB (D. Colo. June 16, 2025)).

Safety advisors employed by FEMA granted motion to facilitate notice to putative collective members in action alleging that employer violated FLSA by uniformly misclassifying them as exempt from overtime compensation and failing to pay them correct rates for overtime hours worked; FLSA collective (Newson-Pace v. The United States, No. 23-cv-0226 (Fed. Cl. June 20, 2025)).

Medical technician granted motion for class certification of Rule 23 class action asserting that employer failed to pay overtime as required by Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act; Rule 23 class (Johnson v. North Memorial Health Care, No. 23-CV-1780 (PSJ/LIB) (D. Min. June 20, 2025)).

Oilfield pumper, who visited different well-sites and servicing clients’ equipment, alleged that employer classified him as an independent contractor paid him a flat day rate; FLSA collective (Lyles v. T & DS Lube Doctors LLC, No. 2:24-cv-00728-SMD-KRS (D.N.M. June 23, 2025)).

Pizza delivery drivers for Papa John’s franchisee alleged that employer failed to appropriately reimburse drivers for costs of using their vehicles, resulting in them being compensated below the federal minimum wage; FLSA collective (Bryan v. Patriot LLC, No. 3:24-CV-415 (N.D.N.Y. June 23, 2025)).

Home care workers granted motion for court approval of notice of class certification to a Rule 23 class arising out of their employment as home-care workers beginning in early 2013; Rule 23 class (Beh v. Community Care Companions Inc., No. 19-CV-1417 (JLS) (MJR) (W.D.N.Y. June 23, 2025)).

Customer service representatives alleged that employer deprived them of all hours worked by instructing them to load and log on to computer before clocking into timekeeping system; FLSA collective (Mora v. U.S. Bancorp, No. 24-cv-4112 (NEB/DJF) (D. Minn. June 30, 2025)).

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