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Court Decisions - Fair Labor Standards Act

Court Decisions -
Fair Labor Standards Act

  1. Christensen v. Harris County, 68 U.S.L.W. 4343 (2000)

    Supreme Court allows public employers to require use of compensatory time

  2. Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, 469 U.S. 528 (1985)

    This is the decision which basically held that state and local governments must fully comply with the FLSA's minimum wage and overtime rules.

  3. Washington State Department of Labor and Industries v. Common Carriers, Inc., 111 Wn.2d 586 (1988)

    The Washington State Supreme Court held that employers would be required to comply with whichever law, state or federal, is more liberal when viewed from the employee's perspective.

  4. Abshire v. County of Kern, 908 F.2d 483 (9th Circuit, 1990)

    A case in which the exempt status of public employees was challenged if the employer docked for absences of less than a day, such as medical appointments. In response to this case, a new federal regulation was adopted in 1992, the public employer proviso, in 29 CFR Sec. 541.5d, to retain the exempt status of public employees even if the employer docks for time off for less than full-day absences.