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· 3/28/1966

Idaho Sheet Metal Works, Inc. v. Wirtz

Citations

  • 383 U.S. 190
  • 86 S. Ct. 737
  • 15 L. Ed. 2d 694
  • 1966 U.S. LEXIS 2844

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the employer has the burden of proving that compensation falls within an exemption to the regular rate
  • holding that the burden of proving an exemption under the FLSA is upon the employer
  • stating that the FLSA exemption in 29 U.S.C. § 213(a) is “to be narrowly construed”
  • Employer bears the burden of establishing exemption under portion of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
  • defendant employer has “the burden of establishing the facts requisite to an exemption”
  • under the FLSA, “the burden of proof respecting exemptions is upon the company”

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Judges: Harlan

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