Legal Opinion
Giguere v. Port Resources Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 19, 2019No. 18-2073PPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. , sets federal minimum-wage, maximum-hour, and overtime guarantees. When an employer fails to meet these requirements, the FLSA gives employees a private right of action to recover their due. Id. § 216(b).
These cross-appeals come from an action, brought as an FLSA collective action and as an individual action under analogous Maine labor laws, to recover what are alleged to be unpaid overtime wages. The employer, defendant Port Resources, disputes that such wages are owed. Under its sleep-time policy, Port…
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