Case: Wage & Hour/Overtime (2d Cir.)

A federal district court in New York erred in dismissing the overtime claims of drivers for an armored-truck company under the New York Labor Law, even though the drivers aren’t entitled to overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act because they are subject to its motor carrier exemption. Although the drivers were ineligible for overtime pay at the FLSA rate of one and one-half times their regular wage, a plain reading of the NYLL’s overtime-pay provision demonstrates that employees subject to the motor carrier exemption must be paid overtime at a rate of one and one-half times the minimum wage. ...