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The court affirmed the magistrate judge's order allowing plaintiffs to amend their complaint to add state-law wage-and-hour claims alongside the federal FLSA collective action, but dismissed the 15 state-law class actions for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction while retaining supplemental jurisdiction over state law claims as part of the collective action.
Foster v. Sitel Operating Corporation
What Happened
Employees of Sitel Operating Corporation claimed the company failed to pay them wages correctly under federal law. They filed a lawsuit seeking to combine their claims into a larger group case to make it easier to pursue justice together.
What the Court Decided
The court allowed workers to add additional claims based on state wage laws to their federal case. However, it dismissed 15 separate state-law class actions. The key ruling was that while workers couldn't pursue those 15 separate state cases, they could still include state law violations as part of their main federal wage claim.
Why This Matters for Workers
This decision shows how complicated it can be to organize multiple wage claims across different legal systems. Workers won the right to expand their case, but faced limits on how they could group their claims together. The ruling demonstrates that employers sometimes challenge how workers combine their cases—even when the underlying wage violation allegations remain alive in court.
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