Fast v. Cash Depot Ltd.

This case presents the important question of whether an employer accused of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. (FLSA) in calculating the wages due its employees is required to incur the substantial costs and attorneys fees of a collective or class action even when it acknowledges the violations and promptly attempts to remedy them. Cash Depot, Ltd., is a Wisconsin company that sells, leases, rents, installs, ships, and services Automated Teller Machines (ATMs). Plaintiff Timothy Fast was employed by Cash Depot as a Field Service Technician for a little…