Case: Wage & Hour/Fair Labor Standards Act (E.D.N.Y.)

A New York federal district court granted the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s motion for partial summary judgment on Fair Labor Standards Act claims for overtime wages and late payments brought by rail workers employed by the Long Island Railroad and Metro-North Railroad, finding that these employers qualify as “rail carriers” subject to the Surface Transportation Board’s jurisdiction under the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act, thus exempting their employees from FLSA overtime provisions, despite plaintiffs’ arguments that the public transportation exception to STB jurisdiction should make FLSA protections applicable.

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