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· 4/26/1991

Tombrello v. USX Corp.

Citations

  • 763 F. Supp. 541
  • 30 Wage & Hour Cas. (BNA) 650
  • 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6439
  • 1991 WL 78868

How courts have described this case

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  • dismissing plaintiff’s common law claim “for work and labor done” because “[t]he FLSA creates statutory rights of an employee to be paid a minimum wage” and Section 216(b) “is the exclusive remedy for enforcing rights created under the FLSA.”
  • “Courts have consistently held the [FLSA] is the exclusive remedy for enforcing rights created under the FLSA.”
  • “As a matter of law, [a] plaintiff cannot circumvent the exclusive remedy prescribed by Congress by asserting equivalent state law claims in addition to the FLSA claim.”

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