practice of requiring the plaintiffs to perform work before and after their shifts. The Second Circuit also rejected the defendant ’ s argument that the work was de minimis . The Second Circuit determined that simply dividing pre-shift and post-shift work into small tasks that could be deemed de minimis did not render the work not compensable. For these reasons, the Second Circuit affirmed the jury ’ s verdict on the grounds that no reasonable jury could have found for the defendant under any permissible framing of the de minimis inquiry. III. Top FLSA / Wage & Hour Class And Collective Settlements In 2023 In 2023, the top ten wage & hour settlements totaled $742.5 million, and nine of the ten settlement emanated from litigation in California. This was a significant increase over 2022, when the top ten wage & hour settlements totaled $574.55 million.
1. $185 million – Senne, et al. v. Kansas City Royals Baseball Corp., Case No. 14-CV-608 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 29, 2023) (final settlement approval granted in a class action resolving claims alleging failure to pay minimum wage and overtime compensation). 2. $155 million – California Correctional Employees Wage & Hour Cases , Case No. CJC-11- 004661 (Cal. Super. Ct. Oct. 20, 2023) (final settlement approval granted for a class action to settlement claims of over 10,000 California correctional system supervisors alleging they were shortchanged on overtime pay).
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