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The federal appeals court that has jurisdiction over New York employers recently issued a decision holding that a plaintiff must plausibly allege “willfulness” to secure the benefit of the longer three-year limitations period for willful violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The decision means that, at the pleadings stage, a plaintiff cannot merely pepper their complaint with the word “willfulness” to obtain the exception – they must actually allege facts that create a plausible inference of willful violation of the statute. The April 27 decision from the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in