Legal Opinion

De Jesus-Rentas v. Baxter Pharmacy Services Corp.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided March 9, 2005No. 03-2679PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) requires employers to pay employees overtime for hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week, but it exempts, inter alia, employees working in a bona fide professional capacity. See 29 U.S.C. § 213(a)(1). This case requires us to decide whether appellants, compound pharmacists employed by Baxter Pharmacy Services Corporation (“Baxter”), are professionals exempt from the overtime requirement. The district court determined that they are and awarded Baxter summary judgment on this basis. We affirm.

Appellants are five licensed compound…

2Cases cited14 opinions

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