Supreme Court Lends Support to Strategy For Curtailing Wage and Hour Collective Actions

Executive Summary: On April 16, 2013, the Supreme Court issued a decision that makes it easier for employers to limit the scope of wage and hour “collective actions.” In Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk (Apr. 16, 2013), the Court held that an employer can obtain dismissal of an FLSA collective action by mooting the named plaintiff’s claims before the trial court rules on a motion for conditional certification.