Knepper v. Rite Aid Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “[n]either § 216(b) nor any other FLSA provision addresses causes of action for relief under state employment law”
• recognizing potential tension between opt-in FLSA collective actions and opt-out Rule 23 state-law class actions
• describing the “thousands of [ ] FLSA suits seeking back pay for ‘portal-to-portal’ violations ... [n]early all [ ] filed ... by unions”
• noting Section 216(b) “explicitly limits its scope to the provisions of the FLSA, and does not address state-law relief’
• finding De Ascencio distinguishable on its facts and noting that other Courts of Appeals found similarly
• noting that the amendment “banned what it termed ‘representative actions’”

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