Connie Lensing, a top FedEx Corp. lawyer, gave U.S. business leaders at the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform 14th Annual Legal Reform Summit a tough pill to swallow: Wage-and-hour class action lawsuits are on the rise. Speaking at the Wednesday event in Washington, D.C., Lensing—who is also on the board of directors and executive committee for the ILR—cited statistics from a new ILR trends report that says a major wage-and-hour litigation influx has come, overtaking other types of workplace litigation. Settlements of wage-and-hour cases totaled about $2.7 billion from 2007 to 2012, with $467 million coming from last year, according to the report, "The New Lawsuit Ecosystem." "Certainly, the trend in wage-and-hour class actions is they are growing, and they are here to stay," said Lensing, who is senior vice president for litigation and employment at FedEx's cargo airline, FedEx Express. Affiliate publication Corporate Counsel has more.
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