Alex Reinig et al v. RBS Citizens NA: Date Argued: January 28th, 2026; Docket Number: 25-1076

Case Summary:the district court, Alex Reinig and other mortgage loan officers brought a wage‑and‑hour collective and class action alleging systemic underpayment of overtime, and the case is now on appeal in the Third Circuit under docket 25‑1076 with argument on January 28, 2026.In the Western District of Pennsylvania, the plaintiffs, mortgage loan officers employed by RBS Citizens, N.A. (Citizens Bank), alleged that Citizens maintained an unofficial “policy to violate the policy” by requiring or encouraging MLOs to work more than 40 hours per week off the clock while discouraging them from reporting all overtime, thereby failing to pay overtime wages required by the Fair Labor Standards Act and parallel state laws. They claimed Citizens restricted pre‑approved overtime, pressured employees not to record all hours, and tolerated inaccurate timesheets that omitted off‑the‑clock work, and they sought to proceed on behalf of a collective and Rule 23 classes of similarly situated MLOs alleging a coordinated, overarching scheme across branches. The district court certified certain classes and conditionally certified a collective, but on a prior appeal the Third Circuit vacated class certification, holding that the court had not rigorously analyzed whether common evidence could prove unpaid overtime and employer knowledge for all class members and had not clearly defined the classes and claims, and remanded for further proceedings.Following remand and additional proceedings in the district court, including further class‑certification and merits rulings in this long‑running litigation, the case again proceeded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit as Alex Reinig, et al v. RBS Citizens NA, docket number 25‑1076, categorized as a Fair Labor Standards Act appeal. In the present appeal, Reinig and the other plaintiffs continue to challenge the bank’s practices and the district court’s post‑remand rulings, and the Third Circuit heard oral argument on January 28, 2026, in that court.