Last year, in a decision discussed here, District Court Judge Richard Berman of the Southern District of New York determined that warehouse captains for defendant Baldor Specialty Foods qualified for the executive exemption under both federal and New York state law, because their duties were “clearly managerial.” Ramos v. Baldor Specialty Foods, Inc.
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New York Court Finds Warehouse Captain To Be Exempt Executive
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in Exemptions
We previously discussed New York courts applying the FLSA’s executive exemption, which exempts employees whose primary duty is management (and who are paid on a salary basis) from minimum wage and overtime pay obligations. Recently, Judge Berman of the Southern District upheld the application of the exemption to a group of warehouse “Captains.” Ramos v. Baldor …