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Date: 07-07-2023
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Case Number: 6:22-cv-00047
Judge: Ronald A. White
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma (Muskogee County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Amber Hurst and Mark Hammons
Defendant's Attorney: Alan Leeth, Amy Wilkes, and Bryance Metheny
Description: Muskogee, Oklahoma employment law lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory.
"The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that sets minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in federal, state, and local governments.
The FLSA requires employers to pay covered nonexempt workers:
A minimum wage of not less than $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009. Many states also have minimum wage laws, and in cases where an employee is subject to both state and federal minimum wage laws, the employee is entitled to the higher minimum wage.
Overtime pay at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate of pay for hours worked over 40 per workweek (any fixed and regularly recurring period of 168 hours – seven consecutive 24-hour periods). There is no limit on the number of hours employees 16 years or older may work in any workweek. The FLSA does not require overtime pay for work on weekends, holidays, or regular days of rest, unless overtime is worked on such days.
The FLSA also requires employers to keep accurate records of hours worked and wages paid to employees. These records must be kept for at least two years.
The FLSA does not apply to all workers. Some workers are exempt from the FLSA's minimum wage and overtime pay requirements. These exemptions include:
Executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees who meet certain salary and duties tests.
Certain agricultural workers.
Certain seasonal workers.
Certain employees of small businesses.
Employees who are not sure whether they are covered by the FLSA or whether they are exempt from the FLSA's minimum wage and overtime pay requirements can contact the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division for more information.
If you believe that your employer has violated the FLSA, you can file a complaint with the Wage and Hour Division. The Wage and Hour Division will investigate your complaint and may take action against your employer if it finds that the FLSA has been violated."
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Outcome: Settled for an undisclosed sum.
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