Case: Wage & Hour/FLSA Coverage (E.D.N.Y.)

A New York federal district court held Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Railroad are exempt from Fair Labor Standards Act coverage under 29 U.S.C. § 213(b)(2), which exempts employees of rail carriers subject to the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act from FLSA’s overtime provisions, and granted partial dismissal of rail workers’ FLSA wage claims against them, because both entities are rail carriers subject to the Surface Transportation Board’s jurisdiction under the ICCTA.