Legal Opinion
Becerra Becerra v. Expert Janitorial, LLC
Washington Supreme Court
Decided August 7, 2014No. 89534-1PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
¶1 The plaintiffs before us worked as night janitors for subcontractors in various Puget Sound Fred Meyer grocery stores. They allege that they regularly worked well over 40 hours per week without being paid either minimum wage or overtime as required by Washington’s Minimum Wage Act (MWA), chapter 49.46 RCW. The merits of their action are not currently at issue. Rather, at issue is whether Fred Meyer Stores Inc. and Expert Janitorial LLC are joint employers of the janitors for purposes of the act. The MWA is based on the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201-219,…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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