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Supreme Court Clarifies Burden of Proof for FLSA Exemptions

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On January 15, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court clarified the burden of proof employers must satisfy when questions arise concerning employee classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). ...more

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US Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects Higher Standard of Proof for Overtime Exemptions Under FLSA

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On January 15, 2025, the Supreme Court handed employers a win by confirming that exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) need only be proven by a “preponderance of the evidence.” In doing so, the Court...more

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Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of January 27 - 31, 2025

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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Guevara v. Lafise - FLSA - Turner v. US Att’y Gen - immigration, derivative citizenship - USA v. Webster - statute of limitations, tolling by filing information - Insurance...more

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Seventh Circuit Clarifies Plaintiffs’ Evidentiary Burden in FLSA Cases

In Osborn v. JAB Management Services, Inc., No. 24-1573 (January 22, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a district court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of an employer on a former...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

Supreme Court Clarifies Proof Standard for Overtime Exemptions

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On January 15, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous Judgment in E.M.D. Sales, Inc., v. Carrera that employers only need to prove an exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by a preponderance of...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Supreme Court unanimously rejects heightened burden for employer to prove overtime exemption under FLSA

In overtime litigation under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the employer has the burden of proving that an employee is exempt. However, the degree of proof required was not decided until the Supreme Court spoke last week....more

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The US Supreme Court Addresses the Standard of Proof for Exemptions Under the FLSA

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The Supreme Court of the United States rejected a higher standard of proof for employers to demonstrate that an employee is exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), providing clarity for FLSA disputes across the...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects Heightened Standard of Proof for FLSA Overtime Exemptions

A recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court solidified the evidentiary standard of proof for federal wage law disputes where employers seek to establish their employees are appropriately classified as exempt under the Fair...more

Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies That Employers Are Not Required to Meet Heightened Standard of Proof to Establish an FLSA Exemption...

Employers do not need to meet a heightened standard of proof to establish an exemption from the minimum wage and overtime requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in E.M.D Sales,...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Supreme Court Rejects Higher Evidence Standards for the FLSA

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The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that higher evidentiary standards do not apply to overtime exemption classification disputes under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)....more

Morgan Lewis

US Supreme Court Rejects Heightened Standard for Proving FLSA Exemptions

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The US Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision on January 15, 2025 in EMD Sales Inc. v. Carrera clarifying the evidentiary standard employers must meet to show that an employee is exempt from overtime and minimum wage...more

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High Court Reaffirms Preponderance-of-the-Evidence Standard for FLSA Overtime Exemptions

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On January 15, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that disputes over the applicability of overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) are governed by the preponderance-of-the-evidence standard.  In so doing,...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Supreme Court Rejects Heightened Evidentiary Standard for FLSA Cases

Employers may now have an easier time establishing that employees are properly classified as exempt, in light of a recent unanimous ruling from the United States Supreme Court.  In E.M.D. Sales, Inc., et al. v. Carrera et...more

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Supreme Court Unanimously Clarifies Burden of Proof for FLSA Exemptions

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On January 15, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a unanimous decision in E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, finally clarifying the standard of proof for employers to demonstrate an employee is properly exempt...more

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SCOTUS Resolves Circuit Dispute on FLSA Evidence Standards, Clarifying Lower Evidentiary Burden for Employers

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Real World Impact:  In a unanimous decision issued on January 15, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the “preponderance of evidence” standard applies to employers seeking to prove an employee exemption...more

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Employers Need Only Use ‘Preponderance of Evidence’ Test to Show Workers Are Exempt From FLSA, Supreme Court Rules

On January 15, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States held that employers need only demonstrate that an employee is exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by a...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera

On January 15, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court decided E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, No. 23-217, holding that the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 requires an employer to demonstrate by a preponderance of the evidence, rather...more

Fisher Phillips

SCOTUS Delivers Win to Employers in Overtime Exemption Cases by Rejecting Higher Standard of Proof: Key Takeaways

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The Supreme Court just handed businesses a win when it weighed in on how much evidence an employer needs to show a court to prove it correctly classified employees as exempt from minimum wage and overtime pay. As we correctly...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

SCOTUS:  No Heightened Standard of Proof Required for FLSA Exemption Defense

In E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Cabrera, issued on January 15, 2025, the Supreme Court held that the “preponderance of the evidence” standard—and not the more difficult-to-satisfy “clear and convincing evidence” standard—applies...more

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[Webinar] FLSA Collective Action: Erosion of Lusardi Two-Step Certification, Appellate Courts’ New Standards, Circuit Split -...

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This CLE webinar will examine the status of FLSA collective action certification following the recent Swales and Clark appellate decisions, including a close look at the new standards established under each. The panel will...more

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Employer’s Internal FLSA Audit Becomes Evidence in Misclassification Claim

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Wage and hour litigation remains one of the top types of litigation filed in federal courts. In 2020, in the midst of a pandemic, plaintiffs filed more than 5,000 Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) lawsuits. Because many of...more

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Copier Victor Victorious: Sixth Circuit Clarifies Plaintiffs’ Evidentiary Burden in FLSA Cases

In Viet v. Copier Victor, Inc., No. 18-6191 (March 10, 2020), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for Copier Victor and its founder, Victor Le, on an employee’s overtime claims under the...more

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The Employment Law Authority - January/February 2017

A Moving Target: The Not So Final Overtime Rule - On November 22, 2016, a federal judge for the Eastern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) from...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Representative Evidence May Or May Not Be Sufficient

A recent U.S. Supreme Court case holding that representative evidence can be used in class/collective actions to the same extent that it could be used in an individual action may not have the broad application hoped for by...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Use of Representative Statistical Evidence to Establish Class-wide Liability in Tyson Foods Overtime...

In a much-anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court recently affirmed a $2.9 million judgment in a class action for unpaid overtime wages against Tyson Foods Inc. (Tyson) in which employee class members relied on...more

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