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.
