Samuels v. City of Clinton

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• finding that a Plaintiff failed to demonstrate that she was entitled to overtime pay for additional work when there was no indication that Defendants intended to obligate themselves to pay her an overtime wage
• explaining that implied contracts arise “when parties agree on the obligation to be incurred, but their intention, instead of being expressed in words, is inferred from the relationship between the parties and their conduct in light of the surrounding circumstances.”
• denying a motion to dismiss where the plaintiff expected compensation for working overtime when she was instructed to do so
• “If Oxner’s supervisors specifically instructed her to work additional hours…Oxner would therefore be justified in entertaining a reasonable expectation of being compensated…for her additional work at her set hourly wage.”
• plaintiff's WPCL claim for overtime pay at a higher rate was not supported by allegations of a promise or implied agreement of additional compensation and was a legal conclusion “couched as a fact”
• plaintiff's WPCL claim for overtime pay at a higher rate was not supported by allegations of a promise or implied agreement of additional compensation and was a legal conclusion “couched as a fact”

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