Jacqueline Benjamin v. B & H Education

OPINION

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge: ’

Plaintiffs are students of cosmetology and hair design at schools in California and Nevada operated by defendant B&H Education, Inc., under the name of Mari-riello Schools of Beauty. Plaintiffs claim that they are employees within the meaning of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), and under California and Nevada state law, on the ground that much of their time is spent in menial and unsupervised work, and that they are therefore entitled to ' compensation. The District Court granted summary judgment for B&H on the FLSA claim, holding that under the test…