Fifth Circuit Finds Unsupervised FLSA Settlement Enforceable
Following the Supreme Court’s decision in Brooklyn Savings Bank v. O’Neil, 324 U.S. 697 (1945), the rule has been that settlements of claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) must be supervised by the Department of Labor (“DOL”) or by the courts. In Brooklyn, the U.S. Supreme Court held that employees could not privately […]