7th Circuit Sets Framework On Propriety Of Notice To Proposed Collective

( August 8, 2025, 10:07 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Turning away from the approach associated with Lusardi v. Xerox Corp. but declining to exactly follow the two sister circuits that created alternate processes, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals instituted “a uniform, workable framework for assessing the propriety of notice to a proposed collective” in Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) cases....