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Supreme Court· 6/8/1942

Walling v. A. H. Belo Corp.

Citations

  • 316 U.S. 624
  • 62 S. Ct. 1223
  • 86 L. Ed. 1716
  • 1942 U.S. LEXIS 1121

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  • holding that “nothing in the [FLSA] bars an employer from contracting with his employees to pay them the same wages that they received previously”
  • holding FLSA does not prevent pay at a lower rate as long as pay exceeds statutory minimum
  • recognizing the need for an exception to the FLSA’s overtime requirements to provide employees whose work hours fluctuate with the security of a regular weekly income
  • noting that the'FLSA does not bar an employer from contracting with his employees to pay them the same wages but at a lower rate so long as the lower rate meets the minimum wage
  • FLSA does not bar employer from paying some wages at lower rate as long as lower rate equals or exceeds minimum wage
  • discussing regular and overtime rates of pay under Missel

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Judges: Byrnes, Reed, Black, Douglas, Murphy

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