Hill v. Delaware North Companies Sportservice, Inc.

BARRINGTON D. PARKER, Circuit Judge:

The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et. seq„ strives to combat “labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standard of living necessary for health, efficiency, and general well-being of workers.” Id. § 202. To that end it requires most employers to pay an overtime premium of one and one-half times the regular rate of pay for those hours that an employee works in excess of the standard forty-hour work week. Id. § 207(a)(1). However, any “amusement or recreational establishment” is exempt from paying overtime if its…