While rules governing compensation of public sector employees can differ from the private sector (and be more expansive), the general overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act applies to public sector employees since the Supreme Court’s seminal decision in Garcia v. San Antonio Metro. Transit Auth., 469 U.S. 528 (U.S. 1985). Excluded
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Mississippi Court Rejects Food-For-Overtime-Compensation Theory
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in Damages
As both lawyers and non-lawyers understand, overtime wages customarily are paid in cash, notwithstanding that the definition of “wages” under the FLSA incorporates “board, lodging, or other facilities.” 29 U.S.C. § 203(m). Employers providing non-monetary benefits to employees sometimes argue that such benefits are “facilities” within the meaning of the statute and thus should be credited against…