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In a very favorable decision for healthcare employers facing the onslaught of wage and hour class and collective actions, in Wolman v. Catholic Health System of Long Island, a federal district court in New York dismissed the plaintiffs’ Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) claims for failure to provide sufficient facts to state a claim, and declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over plaintiffs’ state wage law claims. To learn more about the decision and its implications for employers, please continue reading at Littler's Healthcare Employment Counsel blog.
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