Bakery, Workers Trade Jabs on Wage Collective Circuit Split (1)

Workers attempting to pursue wage claims against Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc. as a group faced a skeptical panel as a federal appeals court weighed which side of a personal jurisdiction circuit split to join.

Judges hearing oral arguments Tuesday at the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit pointed out that even if they follow five other appellate courts in restricting where federal district courts can hear out-of-state workers’ claims as part of a Fair Labor Standards Act collective against an employer based yet somewhere else, plaintiffs could still band together to sue in the company’s home state.

The ...