Clevinger v. Motel Sleepers, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

JONES, District Judge.

The question presented is whether an employee fired for complaining to her employer about its failure to pay a minimum wage is entitled to bring a retaliation claim under the Fair Labor Standards Act, where the employee filed no complaint with a government agency. I find that a plain reading of the statute does not include such a case, and grant partial summary judgment.

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The plaintiff, Tessia Clevinger, a former waitress employed by the defendant, Motel Sleepers, Inc. (“Motel”), filed this action pursuant to the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act…