Rehab Synergies LLC workers who successfully alleged overtime violations were similarly situated, making collective litigation appropriate, the Fifth Circuit said Wednesday, dooming the company’s bid to overturn its loss.
The Texas-based speech, physical, and occupational therapy provider didn’t show that the lower court abused its discretion when it allowed the workers to pursue their wage-and-hour claims as a collective, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said.
The 22 employees in the collective worked as speech language pathologists, physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapists, and certified occupational therapist assistants at 20 different Rehab Synergies locations. A ...
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