Case: Wage & Hour/Fair Labor Standards Act (D. Or.)

The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Forest Service is entitled to summary judgment on a law enforcement officer’s Fair Labor Standards Act claims alleging unpaid wages for cave-related projects he performed before being terminated, and retaliation after filing a grievance, an Oregon federal district court ruled. The court found that the officer qualified as a volunteer under the FLSA and that he wasn’t entitled to payment for the projects because they didn’t have a direct connection to his officer duties or benefit the forest service. Further, his retaliation claim fails because he was put on administrative leave due to two impending ...