Legal Opinion
McLaughlin v. Harbor Cruises LLC
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided July 20, 2012No. Civil Action No. 06-11299-GAOPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
O’TOOLE, District Judge.
The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) establishes a general rule that employers must pay employees at a “rate not less than one and one-half times the ‘regular rate’ ” for all overtime hours that an employee works. 29 U.S.C. § 207(a)(1). The statute, however, provides several exemptions from that mandate, and one of those exempts from the overtime requirement “any employee employed as a seaman.” Id. § 213(b)(6).
The defendants (collectively either “Boston Harbor Cruises” or “BHC”) employed the plaintiffs to work on a variety of passenger vessels…
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