Ann McLaughlin Secretary of Labor v. Ho Fat Seto, Dba: Ho Fat of California

TANG, Circuit Judge:

Ho Fat Seto (Seto) appeals the district court’s award of back wages and liquidated damages under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201-219, to twenty-three non-testifying employees. Seto argues that the district court erred by determining a class-wide violation of the Act because the testifying employees were not “fairly representational” of the remaining employees. He contends that the testimony was inconsistent and conflicted with the testimony of four rebuttal witnesses. We affirm.

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Seto owns and operates a garment factory in Los Angeles. He pays…