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Mediating Wage-Hour Collective and Class Actions: Special Fa...

While there are certain elements present in every mediation, some types of cases are unique. A wage-hour collective or class action breaks the typical mediation paradigm. In most employment law-based mediations one expects: 1. At least four participants with adverse or at least non-aligned interests – plaintiff, plaintiff's counsel, defendant and defendant's counsel. 2. Limited concern over "opening the floodgates" to similar claims. 3. Creative "value-adding" resolutions. 4. A deep well of fact-intensive case law driving risk and valuation analysis.

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November 29, 2023, 10:46 AM

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