7th Circuit Denies Rehearing After Setting Framework For FLSA Collective Notice

Mealey's (March 12, 2020, 7:06 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a one-page order issued Feb. 24 denied an employee’s petition for rehearing or rehearing en banc filed after the appellate panel on Jan. 24 found that notice of a wage lawsuit may be sent to employees who allegedly entered into arbitration agreements unless no employee contests the existence of the agreement or the employer is able to show after discovery by a preponderance of the evidence that a valid agreement exists (Susie Bigger v. Facebook, Inc., No. 19-1944, 7th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 5581)....