A federal district court in Florida denied a joint motion for approval of settlement and dismissal of the case with prejudice between Hays Worldwide Studios and an employee claiming she wasn’t paid overtime wages in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The court determined the release provisions were inconsistent and unclear regarding if the release of claims would extend beyond the FLSA claims asserted in the complaint and the extent to which the employee is releasing claims against non-parties to the agreement. The settlement agreement wasn’t fair or reasonable because it wasn’t in its final form, as it contemplated ...

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