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· 12/30/1998

Baystate Alternative Staffing, Inc. v. Herman

Citations

  • 163 F.3d 668
  • 5 Wage & Hour Cas.2d (BNA) 65
  • 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 32711
  • 1998 WL 896324

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • reaffirming that “such an expansive application of the definition of an ‘employer’ to a personal liability determination pursuant to the FLSA is untenable”
  • reaffirming that \such an expansive application of the definition of an 'employer' to a personal liability determination pursuant to the FLSA is untenable\
  • opining that a \knowing violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act should not \preclude [ ] legitimate disagreemene between an employer and SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA 14 (0) 15
  • affirming the district court’s grant of partial summary judgment holding the president of a hotel company personally liable for its compensation decisions
  • warning against a literal application of the FLSA definition of “employer” to avoid holding “almost any supervisory or managerial employee” personally liable for unpaid wages
  • observing in the related context that a corporate employer often exercises control over employees through \indirect supervisory oversight\ and does \ 'not need to look over his workers' shoulders every day in order to exercise control' \

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Judges: Selya, Boudin, Lipez

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