Though the Department of Labor currently is revisiting certain aspects of the FLSA, one aspect that remains unchanged is that “enterprise coverage” of a business under the Act attaches where the business has “employees engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce” and has “annual gross volume of sales made or
engaged in commerce
District of Columbia Federal Court Rules Trade Association Not FLSA Enterprise
By Noel P. Tripp on
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As we recently discussed, there are exceptions to the FLSA’s broad coverage provisions. One such FLSA exception pertains to organizations—often not-for-profits—which are not “enterprises”, defined as a person or persons performing related activities “for a common business purpose.” A recent decision from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia is instructive as the…