Verkuilen v. MEDIABANK, LLC

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq., establishes a federal minimum wage and also — critical to this case — requires employers to pay their employees 150 percent of their hourly wage for hours worked above 40 a week. § 207(a)(1). But the Act denies this entitlement to “any employee employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity.” § 213(a)(1) (emphasis added).

The plaintiff was an account manager for a company (the defendant, MediaBank) that provides computer software to advertising agencies; she acted as a bridge between the…