COVID-19 Class Action Litigation Heats Up Over Temperature Checks

Now in its 27th week, the Barnes & Thornburg Wage & Hour Practice Group’s COVID-19 related workplace litigation tracker summarizes 535 complaints filed across the United States, in 12 different categories. This week’s spotlight is on two familiar trends among the COVID-19 related workplace complaints summarized: Plaintiffs alleging they were not compensated for time spent related to COVID-19 safety preparation, and the pairing of unrelated workplace class action allegations with COVID-19 claims.