Case: Wage & Hour/Class Certification (S.D. Ohio)

An Ohio federal district court preliminarily certified a class of Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America, Inc. hourly employees alleging Fair Labor Standards Act unpaid wages and overtime, where 1,052 employees meet federal civil procedure rules’ numerosity requirement, the company’s timekeeping and rounding policy satisfy commonality and typicality, and named plaintiffs’ argument that they were undercompensated due to the policy represents putative class members’ claims, satisfying adequacy.