Legal Opinion
William Sapperstein v. Robert Hager and Patricia Hager Doing Business as B & G Cyclery
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 17, 1999No. 98-3390PublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
This case is most centrally about whether an employee who alleges that he has been discharged for reporting violations of the minimum wage and maximum hour provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 206(a)(1), 207(a)(1), can maintain an action under its retaliatory discharge provisions, id. § 215(a)(3), even if the sub-minimum wage payments or excessive hours do not in fact constitute a violation because the employer is not covered by the FLSA. We hold that the action can be maintained. Another issue presented concerns the credibility…
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- Willie May Anthony v. Security Pacific Financial Services, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
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