Ludivina Estrada v. Michael Wallace

GREGG COSTA, Circuit Judge:

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), passed during the New Deal to set a federal minimum wage for certain workers, is one of the earliest federal statutes to contain the antiretaliation provisions that in the years since have become common in employment laws (the contemporaneous National Labor Relations Act is another early example). The plaintiff brought this case contending that the antiretaliation provision was violated when she was terminated after raising concerns about whether a coworker’s pay complied with the FLSA. We decide whether there is sufficient…