Legal Opinion
U.S. Dep't of Labor v. Fire & Safety Investigation Consulting Servs., LLC
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 8, 2019No. 18-1632PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WYNN, Circuit Judge:
Fire & Safety Investigation Consulting Services, LLC, ("Fire & Safety") and Christopher Harris ("Harris"), the owner of Fire & Safety, appeal the district court's determination that Fire & Safety violated the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") by failing to pay certain employees proper overtime compensation. At issue is whether Fire & Safety's payment system violated the FLSA by failing to pay for overtime. The district court held that the payment system violated the FLSA because it used a blended rate that functioned as the actual hourly rate for all hours worked,…
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