· 4/3/2014
Patricia Thompson v. Real Estate Mortgage Network
Citations
- 748 F.3d 142
- 22 Wage & Hour Cas.2d (BNA) 453
- 2014 WL 1317137
- 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 6150
How courts have described this case
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- noting that “[a]side from the corporate entity itself, a company’s owners, officers, or supervisory personnel may also constitute ‘joint employers’ for purposes of liability under the FLSA”
- noting that “[a]side from the corporate entity itself, a company’s owners, officers, or supervisory personnel may also constitute ‘joint employers’ for purposes of liability under the FLSA”
- allegations that successor employer retained employees “sufficient to demonstrate plausible ‘continuity in operations and workforce.’”
- The \requirement of notice and the ability of the successor to shield itself during negotiations temper concerns that imposing successor liability might discourage corporate transactions.\
- a plaintiff “need only put forth allegations that raise a reasonable expectation that discovery will reveal evidence of the necessary element”
- “… each joint employer may be held jointly and severally liable for the FLSA violations of the other, in addition to direct liability for its own violations.”
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Judges: Greenaway, Vanaskie, Roth
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