Employers have faced a tidal wave of Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action litigation in the last 15 years, fueled in large part by courts that have made it easy for plaintiffs to quickly obtain “conditional certification,” under a “lenient” standard that results in a grant in the large majority of cases. If the
On Tuesday, June 21, 2016, in Greenberg Traurig’s Las Vegas office, and Wednesday, June 22, 2016, in Greenberg Traurig’s Phoenix office, GT will host a Roundtable Discussion regarding the new regulations issued by the DOL. These regulations will likely go into effect in a few weeks, changing one of the key components of federal wage