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March 4, 2021
Judge Leslie A. Gardner of the Middle District of Georgia gave the greenlight to a settlement concerning two Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) lawsuits brought by plaintiffs who worked in an abattoir on defendant White Oak Pasture, Inc.’s (White Oak) farm. The order, filed on Tuesday, ends the suits brought by employees who slaughtered, cut, and grounded cattle into packaged meat for eventual shipment. The first case, filed in 2015, and the second in 2020, alleged that White Oak willfully failed to pay them and 32 other opt-in workers overtime premiums in violation of federal labor law.
This week’s order recounts the cases’ procedural history. Relevantly, the court decertified the employee class in March 2020, while simultaneously denying the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment. The second case was subsequently filed in April, and in July, the parties moved to stay proceedings in both actions in order to finalize their settlem