Wage & Hour
Class and Collective Litigation

Greenberg Traurig's Wage & Hour Class and Collective Litigation Group includes attorneys who are experienced in litigating complex and ground-breaking cases throughout the country. In the last three years alone, we have handled over 100 employment class and collective actions, for which our expansive national footprint makes us uniquely qualified. We also serve as national coordinating counsel for some of the world’s largest companies and have handled virtually all phases of class and collective litigation. Whether it be implementing a comprehensive litigation hold strategy in response to class-wide allegations, defeating class certification, aggressive and preemptive dispositive motion practice, conducting effective class-based discovery, or trial and settlement, members of our team have seen it and done it.  

Wide-Ranging Subject Matter Experience

• Exempt status classification under the FLSA and/or state law
• Combating class and collective action arbitrations
• Independent contractor classification
• Donning and doffing/section 203(o) and walk-time under the FLSA
• Off-the-clock/overtime allegations under the FLSA and/or state law
• Auto-deduct meal breaks under the FLSA and/or state law
• Meal and rest break claims
• Call centers
• Booting up/down
• Use of PDAs/cell phones/pagers
• FLSA/LMRA/ERISA preemption of analogous state law claims
• Other employment-related class and collective actions