Nurses may pursue FLSA claims

Nurses may pursue FLSA claims

Nurses working a 37.5 hour work-week may pursue claims for unpaid work of more than 40 hours a week, even though they cannot use the Fair Labor Standards Act case to recover pay for the 2.5 hours before the FLSA can be invoked.  A federal District Court in New York has permitted the case to proceed as a class action based on the nurses’ testimony.

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