February 20, 2026
Merck urged a North Carolina federal court on Friday to dismiss a former manufacturing facility employee's proposed class and collective action, arguing federal wage law bars his state overtime claim and that he failed to link his firing to sleep apnea.
December 16, 2025
A Merck manufacturing facility in North Carolina rounded workers' time to short them on pay, averaged out overtime across two weeks and fired an operator technician because of his sleep apnea, the worker told a federal court in a proposed class and collective action against the pharmaceutical giant.