Legal Opinion
Kostas Mechmet v. Four Seasons Hotels, Limited
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 4, 1987No. 86-2151PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act entitle an hourly worker who works more than 40 hours a week to be paid at the rate of 1.5 times his normal wage for each hour over 40. See 29 U.S.C. § 207(a)(1). However, the provisions do not apply to employees of “a retail or service establishment” if the employee’s regular rate of pay is more than 1.5 times the minimum wage and if “more than half his compensation for a representative period (not less than one month) represents commissions on goods or services.” 29 U.S.C. § 207(i). The main question in this…
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