Joanie Dybach v. State of Florida Department of Corrections

How courts have described this case

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• stating that “conclusory allegations are not enough” to meet the “modest factual showing” at the first stage of collective action certification
• stating that “conclusory allegations are not enough” to meet the “modest factual showing” at the first stage of collective action certification
• finding the employer “still must shoulder the ‘additional requirement’ of showing that the employer had reasonable grounds for believing that its conduct comported with the [FLSA]”
• observing the “preponderance of the evidence” standard applies in establishing an FLSA exemption
• defining similarity of pay provisions as half of the “similarly situated” analysis
• a plaintiff in an FLSA case must “proffer evidence” that other employees exist that are similarly situated

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).