Legal Opinion
Gerard Morrison v. County of Fairfax, VA
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 21, 2016No. 14-2308PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge HARRIS wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER and Judge THACKER joined.
PAMELA HARRIS, Circuit Judge:
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), employees who work overtime generally are entitled to overtime pay. There is an exception — like all FLSA exceptions, narrowly construed — for certain “executive” and “administrative” employees whose primary job duties are management-related. The question in this case is whether the fire captains of Fairfax County, Virginia, firefighters who serve as first responders to fires and other…
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