Joining sister Circuits, on Wednesday the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that an employee must set forth specific information regarding his or her work hours to properly plead an FLSA claim for unpaid minimum wages or overtime under the Iqbal doctrine. Landers v. Quality Communs., Inc., 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS
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Third Circuit Joins Second Circuit In Rejecting Vague Pleadings of FLSA Violations
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in Litigation
The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has joined the Second Circuit’s recent opinions requiring plaintiffs in FLSA cases to provide more than generalized allegations regarding hours worked in order to satisfy the the Supreme Court’s Iqbal/Twombly standard (all arising in the medical setting). Davis v. Abington Mem. Hosp., 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS…