{"identifier":"/us/usc/t29/s257","title":29,"num":"\u00a7\u202f257.","heading":"Pending collective and representative actions","text":"\u00a7\u202f257.\nPending collective and representative actions\nThe statute of limitations prescribed in\nsection 255(b) of this title\nMay 14, 1947\n29 U.S.C. 201\nMay 14, 1947","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t29/s257.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t29/s257","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f257."},{"t":"heading","text":"Pending collective and representative actions"},{"t":"content","text":"\n","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The statute of limitations prescribed in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 255(b) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t29/s255/b","tail":" shall also be applicable (in the case of a collective or representative action commenced prior to "},{"t":"text","text":"May 14, 1947","tail":" under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended ["},{"t":"ref","text":"29 U.S.C. 201","href":"/us/usc/t29/s201","tail":" 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 "},{"t":"text","text":"May 14, 1947","tail":". 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."}],"tail":"\n"}]},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}