is not required in all cases, it may be needed in a particular case to serve the policy of judicial economy. Noting that § 216(b) reflects a policy in favor of judicial economy, the Supreme Court has opined that “the judicial system benefits by efficient resolution in one proceeding of common issues of law and fact arising from the same alleged discriminatory activity.” Hoffmann-La Roche, 493 U.S. at 170, 110 S.Ct. 482. In Hoffmann-La Roche, the defendant had ordered a reduction in work force and had discharged or demoted some 1200 employees. A group of former employees obtained consents to opt-in from 600 people who felt they were discriminated against by the defendant’s cutbacks. See id. at 168, 110 S.Ct. 482; see also Hoffmann v. Sbarro, Inc., 982 F.Supp. 249, 261 (S.D.N.Y.1997) (<HOLDING>). Other courts within this circuit, prior to
holding same in the flsa retaliation context holding any common issue of fact meets the similarly situated test of flsa  16b holding that plaintiffs met the similarly situated requirement by pointing to an express companywide employment policy allegedly in violation of the flsa holding under flsa holding that the flsa preempted plaintiffs fraud claim