29 U.S.C. § 257 : US Code - Section 257: Pending collective and representative actions

Search 29 U.S.C. § 257 : US Code - Section 257: Pending collective and representative actions

The statute of limitations prescribed in section 255(b) of this
title shall also be applicable (in the case of a collective or
representative action commenced prior to May 14, 1947 under the
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended [29 U.S.C. 201 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 May 14, 1947. 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.