Division of supervisory duties among different classifications of exempt employees sometimes gives rise to claims that some or all of those managerial employees do not qualify for the executive exemption. Analyzing and rejecting one such challenge, an Arkansas federal court recently concluded that “Team Leaders” at one of the nation’s largest frozen food processing
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Supreme Court Accepts FLSA Certiorari Petition Regarding Pay for “Security Screening”
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in Hours of Work
The Supreme Court agreed today to hear a case involving application of the Portal-to-Portal Act to employees who claim they should be compensated for time spent undergoing security screenings used to prevent employee theft. Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk, Case No. 13-433. The employees allege they were required to undergo security screenings to…
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 …