Rodriguez v. Almighty Cleaning, Inc.

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• holding that there is enterprise coverage when workers “handle goods or materials that have moved or been produced in interstate commerce.”
• holding that “[u]npaid overtime wages are calculated by multiplying the New York minimum wage rate or the FLSA minimum wage rate, whichever is higher, by 0.5 to determine the additional amount owed per hour over 40 hours worked”
• inferring that enterprise was engaged in interstate commerce where employees handled supplies or equipment that originated out-of-state
• finding it “logical to infer” that janitorial supplies originated outside New York and concluding the defendants were an “enterprise engaged in commerce” under the FLSA
• finding it logical to infer that janitorial cleaning supplies used by residential and commercial cleaners originated outside of New York and moved in interstate commerce
• granting a motion for certification of an FLSA collective action simultaneously with a motion for default judgment

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