Executive Summary: On December 6, 2019, a sharply divided panel of the Second Circuit (covering New York, Connecticut, and Vermont) ruled that judicial approval of Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) settlements resolved under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68βs offer of judgment mechanism is not required. In the Second Circuit, FLSA settlements typically require judicial approval for fairness under a 2015 Second Circuit decision called Cheeks v. Freeport Pancake House. However, the Second Circuit held that where FLSA plaintiffs resolve their disputes with employers by accepting an offer of judgment, judicial approval, in that narrow instance, is not required under Cheeks.
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