Case: Wage & Hour/Joint Employers (N.D. Ill.)

New Albertsons Inc. isn’t entitled to dismissal from a former Jewel-Osco assistant store manager’s lawsuit alleging collective claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act, in which the employee alleges that it is liable as a joint employer for misclassifying her and others as exempt from overtime, a federal district court in Illinois ruled. The manager plausibly alleged that New Albertsons owned the Jewel-Osco stores she and other assistant managers worked in “shared control” over their working conditions, and maintained some of their employment records and benefits, the court said, which is sufficient at the motion to dismiss stage to infer ...