Wage & Hour Counsel

Building upon a growing body of case law finding automatic-deduction meal break claims are not suitable for class or collective action treatment, an Ohio federal judge decertified a collective action against a national system of medical and rehabilitation care facilities by registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, and admissions coordinators who claimed they were not paid for missed or interrupted meal breaks that were automatically deducted from pay. In Creely v. HCR ManorCare, Inc., Littler attorneys convinced the court that the employees’ experiences were too diverse to allow the case to proceed as a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act. To learn more about the decision, see Littler's Healthcare Employment Counsel blog.