Unionized employers often enter into agreements with employees regarding compensation for particular hours or break periods. These agreements are reached through bargaining for the mutual benefit of the employer and union members. At times, such agreements can potentially be in tension with Department of Labor regulations regarding hours of work and break periods. The Wisconsin

For years, the conventional wisdom among FLSA practitioners has been that waiver of FLSA claims requires “supervision,” either from a court or the federal Department of Labor. This supervision requirement dates back to the seminal appellate case on the subject, Lynn’s Food Stores, Inc. v. United States, 679 F.2d 1350 (11th Cir. 1982). Since Lynn’s Food