Legal Opinion
Figley v. W.S. Industrial
Court of Appeals of Iowa
Decided May 25, 2011No. 10-1271PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTabor, J.
In this case, we must determine whether a company’s counterclaim against its former employee, qualifies as an adverse action for purposes of stating a claim for retaliatory litigation under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Iowa Wage Payment Collection Act (IWP-CA). Because the employee failed to show that the company’s counterclaim against him was baseless, the counterclaim did not amount to an adverse action for purposes of stating a retaliation claim and the district court correctly granted a directed verdict in favor of the company on that issue.
Although the employee…
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