Powell v. Profile Design LLC

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• finding joint employment where defendants shared employees, a bookkeeper, and ownership of the company premises
• “[A]s a sole proprietor, [the defendant] is personally liable for debts arising out of his business conduct.”
• the court “should consider any factor relevant to its assessment of the economic realities of an employer-employee relationship”
• “District courts in this Circuit ‘have interpreted the definition of ‘employer’ under the New York Labor Law coextensively with the definition used by the FLSA.”
• general discussion about what is required to create liability under the FLSA and NYLL
• “[T]he Court concludes that no reasonable jury considering the ‘economic realities’ of the [parties’] relationship could find that [the individual defendant] was not [the p]laintiffs’ joint employer under the FLSA and NYLL.”

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