Judge Grants Conditional Certification In FLSA Suit Against Franchise Owners

Mealey's (February 9, 2018, 10:23 AM EST) -- ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A North Carolina federal judge on Feb. 2 granted a plaintiff’s motion for conditional collective action certification in her lawsuit alleging that owners and/or operators of multiple national franchise restaurants misclassified employees as exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (Helen Holland v. Fulenwider Enterprises, Inc., et al., No. 17-48, W.D. N.C., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17483)....