Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Taco Bell Overtime Dispute

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Taco Bell Overtime Dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington on Oct. 5, 2021. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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The Supreme Court announced it will consider whether an hourly fast-food worker allegedly denied overtime pay is required to take her proposed wage-and-hour class-action lawsuit against a large Taco Bell franchisee to arbitration, instead of pursuing it in federal court.

The case, Morgan v. Sundance Inc., court file 21-328, comes from the St. Louis-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. The Supreme Court approved the petition for certiorari, or review, on Nov. 15, in an unsigned order.