Terry J. Kennedy v. Commonwealth Edison Co.

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Although the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) guarantees overtime compensation for many workers, its protections do not extend to everyone. In this case, 55 employees of Commonwealth Edison (“ComEd”) claim that ComEd classified them on the wrong side of the line — namely, as administrative employees who fall within an exemption to the FLSA’s overtime promise. See 29 U.S.C. § 213(a)(1). In a series of rulings, the district court ultimately concluded that ComEd had met its burden of demonstrating for purposes of summary judgment that the employees were correctly classified,…