Brown v. J&W Grading, Inc.

The absence of available documentation describing the relationship between the Plaintiffs and the Technology Defendants and their owners does not overcome the compelling circumstantial evidence that the Plaintiffs have alleged suggesting the existence of an employer-employee relationship. Because the Plaintiffs adequately allege that Synergy, Rivero, ECO IQ, Neilitz, Migo IQ, Kotthoff, and Leese employed them pursuant to the FLSA, this Court denied all motions to dismiss on this ground.

Moreover, the FLSA only applies to employment relationships with a "sufficient nexus to interstate…