Shutdown Lawsuit

Welcome to the website providing information about a lawsuit filed in the United States Court of Federal Claims on behalf of up to 1.3 million “essential” employees of the United States Government.  The lawsuit claims that the United States government violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) by failing to pay essential employees minimum wage and overtime compensation when due during the October 2013 government shutdown.

IMPORTANT UPDATE

The Government shall begin sending court approved notice to employees covered by the lawsuit on March 9, 2015. You do not need to wait until you receive a notice from the government to join the case. If you do not receive a notice, but believe that you should, please contact us at shutdownlawsuit@findjustice.com.

Finally, there is no risk to employees to join the case. The law firm is fronting all of the expenses of the case and the employees will not have to pay anything if we do not win the case.

To learn more about the theory of the lawsuit, click here. 

For case updates, click here.

To read the Court-approved Notice about the right of qualified employees to join the lawsuit, click here.

If you are interested in joining the case, click here.

This website was created and is maintained by the law firm – Mehri & Skalet, PLLC – that represents Plaintiffs in the lawsuit and other essential employees who choose to join the lawsuit.  To learn more about the attorneys handling this case and Mehri & Skalet, PLLC, click here.

If you believe that you have information that may be helpful to the attorneys, please send an email to

shutdownlawsuit@findjustice.com.