U.S. High Court Won’t Review Denial Of Out-Of-State Opt-Ins In FLSA Collective Suit

Mealey's (March 8, 2023, 12:53 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court declined a petition for a writ of certiorari challenging a jurisdictional ruling by the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a wage case against Federal Express Corp. and FedEx Ground Package System (together, FedEx), which affirmed a trial court’s judgment not allowing two out-of-state workers to opt in to the misclassification suit because they “cannot demonstrate their claims arise out of or relate to FedEx’s contacts with Pennsylvania.”...