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Supreme Court· 3/30/1942

Williams v. Jacksonville Terminal Co.

Citations

  • 315 U.S. 386
  • 62 S. Ct. 659
  • 86 L. Ed. 914
  • 1942 U.S. LEXIS 1050

How courts have described this case

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  • allowing suits by employees on behalf of “him or themselves and other employees similarly situated” (quoting FLSA, 29 U.S.C. § 216(b))
  • permitting the opposite arrangement, where gratuities in the form of tips are included in employee wages pursuant to an agreement between the parties
  • permitting the opposite arrangement, where gratuities in the form of tips are included in employee wages pursuant to an agreement between the parties
  • in FLSA case, employees implicitly agreed to new compensation arrangement by continuing to work under the arrangement, even though they were protesting the new arrangement
  • “The prohibitions of § 6 against change of wages or conditions pending bargaining and those of § 2, Seventh, are aimed at preventing changes in conditions previously fixed by collective bargaining agreements.”
  • \Independent individual contracts are not affected by the Act. . . . The crucial S 6 is phrased so as to leave no doubt that only agreements reached after collective bargaining are covered\

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Judges: Reed, Black, Roberts, Douglas, Murphy

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