October 04, 2024
Cracker Barrel said that limiting the reach of collective actions and not using a two-step process to certify them would not undermine the Fair Labor Standards Act's purpose, pressing the Ninth Circuit to flip a lower court's ruling granting collective certification to a suit by servers alleging tip credit violations.
September 05, 2024
Collective suits can reach workers whose wage claims arise out of a different state from where the matter originated, an attorney group told the Ninth Circuit, backing workers' efforts to keep their tip suit collective against Cracker Barrel in one piece.