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Experts in NERA's Labor and Employment Practice frequently provide economic and statistical analysis for wage and hour litigations. We have substantial experience investigating the key issues at the class certification, liability, and damages phases of cases, involving allegations related to:
Our projects often require us to merge and analyze business records for as many as several hundred thousand employees. Our experts’ analytical and statistical expertise can handle computational requirements under the most demanding and rigorous of circumstances. We have extensive experience in a variety of types of wage and hour litigation, enabling us to apply analytical rigor in distinguishing between specious or valid claims, and to place an accurate value on valid claims. Often, our work may include assessing whether the available data would allow such a determination, as well as understanding the drivers of observed variability in patterns of alleged violations. Such variability may indicate that apparent violations are, in fact, innocuous and result from the mechanical application of a damages formula to data that may be available from business records but cannot reliably answer the questions raised in litigation.
In cases where the data for a required analysis exist only in paper form, we have designed sampling protocols and overseen data entry processes to create electronic databases from paper records. We have critiqued surveys used to attempt to augment the available data in situations where the design of the survey instrument was flawed or there was reason to expect biased responses (such as a low-response rate or awareness by survey participants of the intended use of the survey). NERA's experts have also designed rigorous surveys tailored to the specifics of the case and successfully augmented the payroll and time clock data. NERA takes pride in its adaptability, reliability, accuracy, clarity, and timeliness.
We have successfully presented the results of such statistical assessments in testimony to both judges and juries at both the class certification and damages phases of litigation. We also provide consulting services to help firms understand their exposure and reliable defenses, as well as to assess current wage and hour practices to avoid litigation. Our clients value NERA’s reputation for independent, rigorous economic and statistical analysis, as well as our ability to tailor and present our complex work product in a clear and understandable way.
Name | Title | Location | Phone | |
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Dr. Denise Neumann Martin | Senior Managing Director | Miami | +1 305 808 7880 | denise.martin@nera.com |
Dr. Elizabeth Newlon | Managing Director | Los Angeles | +1 213 346 3019 | elizabeth.newlon@nera.com |
Dr. Stephanie Plancich | Managing Director | New York City | +1 212 345 7719 | stephanie.plancich@nera.com |
Drew Claxton | Director | New York City | +1 212 345 3442 | drew.claxton@nera.com |
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No-Poach and Wage-Fixing—Cross-border Convergence or Divergence? | 01 December 2021 | |||
How to Effectively Use Expert Evidence in Wage and Hour Litigation | 25 April 2019 | |||
Wage and Hour Class Actions: Looking Back and What's Ahead | 17 January 2019 | |||
Wage and Overtime Law in 2018 | 29 August 2018 | |||
The EEOC's Proposed Revisions to EEO-1 Report: Time to Overhaul Your Payroll System? | 19 September 2016 | |||
6th Annual Section of Labor and Employment Conference | 31 October 2012 | |||
4th Annual Section of Labor & Employment Law Conference | 03 November 2010 | |||
Litigating Employment Class Actions: Innovative Strategies to Successfully Litigate a... | 06 April 2009 | |||
What's in an Average? How to Recognize Misleading Statistics in Employment Cases | 23 October 2008 | |||
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NERA Economic Consulting Opens Office in Miami, Florida | 14 November 2017 | Press Release | ||
NERA Economic Consulting Releases Trends in Wage and Hour Settlements: 2013 Update | 20 November 2013 | Press Release | ||
Maintaining Wage and Hour Compliance in 2013 | 13 May 2013 | Media Coverage | ||
Wage-and-hour settlements rise in 2012 - NERA | 20 March 2013 | Media Coverage | ||
NERA Economic Consulting Releases Wage and Hour Settlements Trends Report | 13 March 2013 | Press Release | ||
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