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· 4/7/1983

Dorothy Jean Atkins v. General Motors Corporation

Citations

  • 701 F.2d 1124
  • 26 Wage & Hour Cas. (BNA) 87
  • 36 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 505
  • 80 A.L.R. Fed. 237
  • 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 29018

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  • approving of Secretary’s six-factor test, yet focusing entirely on whether employer derived immediate benefit from trainees’ activities
  • listing six criteria developed by Wage and Hour Administrator to determine if a trainee is an employee under FLSA
  • Section 256 requires collective action plaintiffs “to opt in, and limitations runs from the opt-in date. We cannot alter the express terms of the statute.”
  • “[S]tudy to perform a job may be preliminary or postliminary to that activity[.]”

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Judges: Reavley, Tate, Mitchell

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