Legal Opinion
Peg Bouaphakeo v. Tyson Foods, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 25, 2014No. 12-3753PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENTON, Circuit Judge.
Peg Bouaphakeo and other named plaintiffs are employees of Tyson Foods, Inc. They represent a class of employees at Tyson’s meat-processing facility in Storm Lake, Iowa. They sued Tyson for not paying wages due under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., and the Iowa Wage Payment Collection Law (IWPCL), Iowa Code 91A.1 et seq. A jury returned a verdict for the class. Tyson appeals. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.
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The employees are current and former “gang-time” employees at Tyson’s facility. The background…
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