Magistrate Won’t Compel Production Of Employee Pay Data In Specific Format

Mealey's (April 1, 2020, 9:49 AM EDT) -- WICHITA, Kan. — The failure of the plaintiff in an overtime pay dispute to request the production of electronically stored information (ESI) in a desired format led a Kansas federal magistrate judge on March 30 to deny her request to compel her former employer to re-produce employee pay data in another format, stating that the “dispute could have been avoided altogether had the parties adequately conferred” prior to the discovery process (Peggy Lynn Lundine v. Gates Corp., No. 6:18-cv-01235, D. Kan., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 54637)....