Hitting an all-time high, federal wage and hour lawsuits increased by 10 percent with 7,764 cases filed under the Fair Labor Standards Act for the year ended March 31, according to a report by law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP.
The report, which bases its findings on data from the Washington-based Federal Judicial Center, notes that cases grew by just 1 percent in 2012 for a total of 7,008 cases.
There was no clear-cut reason for the increase, the firm said.
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