Term Project: Case Study FLSA 1
Fair Labor Standards Act
Laura Garcia
Hospitality Law
Professor Rosanna Cal
Term Project: Case Study FLSA 2
In 1938 federal law Fair Labor Standards Act was adopted to eliminate unfair
methods of compensation and labor conditions injurious to the health of workers
(Cournoyer, Marshall, & Morris 2008). The FLSA establishes minimum wage, overtime
pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards affecting employees in the private
sector and in Federal, State, and local governments. Covered nonexempt workers are
entitled to a minimum wage of not less than $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009
(Department of Labor 2016).
A partner at Lubell Rosen, preeminent law firm, recently obtained a win on
summary judgment on all issues in favor of his clients, a local window installation
business and its owners, who were also named as defendants, and against a former
employee who claimed to have been owed overtime pay (Rosen 2016). The court
