An Ohio federal judge recently granted class status to mortgage loan officers who allege PNC Bank NA improperly denied them overtime pay, and will allow the current and former employees to search for additional class members.

U.S. District Judge Algenon L. Marbley determined that the named plaintiffs and their 45 opt-in class members have met the burden to secure conditional class status in the Fair Labor Standards Act suit, despite PNC’s claims that the named plaintiffs are merely “serial litigators.”