Legal Opinion
Martinez v. Petrenko
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 6, 2015No. 14-2112PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAYATTA, Circuit Judge.
To maintain a private action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA” or “the Act”) for a failure to pay for overtime at the mandated rate, an employee must prove a nexus to interstate commerce sufficient to trigger coverage under the Act. The employee can prove this nexus by showing that the employee engaged in commerce for the employer within the meaning of the Act, or by showing that the employer has other employees who engaged in commerce within the meaning of the Act and that the employer also gener ated annual gross sales of not less than $500,000. In filing…
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