Donovan v. Kentwood Development Co., Inc.

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• Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, employee is to be compensated for time spent predominantly for employer's benefit.
• “A prima facie case can be made through an employee’s testimony giving his recollection of hours worked, .. . [even if] proof of the number of hours worked is inexact or not 22 perfectly accurate.”
• “It is immaterial whether it was necessary for [the employee] to work long hours, so long as he did, with the actual or constructive knowledge of his employer. An employer who knows or should know that an employee is working overtime, whether voluntary or not, cannot allow him to do so_”

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