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Fifth Circuit Finds Franchisor Was Not Employer Under Economic Realities Test

By Noel P. Tripp on July 7, 2014
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The judicially-devised “economic realities” test is designed to determine whether an individual is  liable as an “employer” under the FLSA, typically in addition to a corporate entity. For the second time in the past few years, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that a franchisor was not the “employer of an…

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