Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs D/b/a Arkansas Veterans Home and Fayetteville Veterans Home, — Wood, J…

Summary

This dissent would reject class certification because the evidence showed materially different practices, instructions, understandings, and compensation experiences among the employees. It reasoned that liability under the Arkansas Minimum Wage Act would require individualized inquiries into each employee's hours, policy exposure, reporting practices, and compensation. The dissent therefore concluded that the circuit court abused its discretion in certifying the class.