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§ 257. —  Pending collective and representative actions.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 29USC257]

 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                     CHAPTER 9--PORTAL-TO-PORTAL PAY
 
Sec. 257. Pending collective and representative actions

    The statute of limitations prescribed in section 255(b) of this 
title shall also be applicable (in the case of a collective or 
representative action commenced prior to May 14, 1947 under the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended [29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.]) to an 
individual claimant who has not been specifically named as a party 
plaintiff to the action prior to the expiration of one hundred and 
twenty days after May 14, 1947. In the application of such statute of 
limitations such action shall be considered to have been commenced as to 
him when, and only when, his written consent to become a party plaintiff 
to the action is filed in the court in which the action was brought.

(May 14, 1947, ch. 52, Sec. 8, 61 Stat. 88.)

                       References in Text

    The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, referred to in 
text, is act June 25, 1938, ch. 676, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended, which is 
classified generally to chapter 8 (Sec. 201 et seq.) of this title. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 201 of this 
title and Tables.



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