Day & Zimmermann Overtime Dispute Evades Supreme Court Review

The US Supreme Court declined to consider whether out-of-state workers should be excluded from federal wage and hour law cases, leaving in place an appeals court decision allowing a nationwide collective action against a Day & Zimmermann subsidiary to include employees from across the country.

The justices passed on the defense contractor’s challenge to a US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruling that workers suing for overtime claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act could opt into a federal collective action. Attorneys for Day & Zimmerman NPS Inc. argued that Supreme Court precedent requires dismissing out-of-state plaintiffs seeking ...