Sec. 8. Pending Collective and Representative Actions
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## Sec. 8 Pending Collective and Representative Actions The statute of limitations prescribed in section 6
(b)shall be applicable (in the case of collective or representative action commenced prior to the date of the enactment of this Act under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended) 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 the date of the enactment of this Act. 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. **[**[29 U.S.C. 257](/us/usc/t29/s257)**]** Enacted May 14, 1947, ch. 52, sec. 8, 61 Stat. 88.
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