Lynn Martin, Secretary of Labor v. Leslie N. Bedell and Blue Water Marine, Catering, Inc.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This ease presents the question whether the cooks employed by the defendant/ap-pellee, a caterer to boats providing offshore support to oil companies in the Gulf of Mexico, are entitled to overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Because the income generated by those cooks must be attributed to their employer, the employer is bound to comply with the Act’s overtime provisions. Because the district court’s factual findings are insufficient to support its determination that the cooks do not fit within the narrow definition of “seaman” under the FLSA, we…