L.A. County Jail Workers Win Group Status for Part of Wage Suit

A corrections worker who says Los Angeles County failed to pay her and others for all of their hours won permission to pursue part of her wage suit on behalf of a collective.

Conditional certification of a Fair Labor Standards Act collective makes sense for the unpaid overtime portion of the suit, but the worker failed to show that her rest break and bona fide meal break allegations deserve that status, too, the US District Court for the Central District of California said.

Lauren Millstein worked for Los Angeles County at its North County Correctional Facility for two years. ...