Electrical Contractor Faces Larger Class in Former Workers’ Suit

An electrical contractor in Michigan can’t prevent former employees from enlarging the class in a collective action against it under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal court said.

The former employees, who worked as electricians for United Electrical Contractors Inc., alleged that the company violated the FLSA by not paying them for shop and travel time, failing to properly compute overtime using a per diem, not paying them for training or reviewing prints, and not paying them for apprenticeship training. They filed their complaint on Sept. 10, 2021, and requested certification for a class of similarly situated “electricians,” who ...