Case: Wage & Hour/Overtime (D. Colo.)

A Colorado federal district court denied Southwest Airlines Co.'s motion to dismiss claims brought by a flight attendant under Colorado law for failure to pay minimum and overtime wages and failure to provide rest breaks, finding that the airline failed to establish that the claims were preempted by federal aviation laws or barred by the Constitution’s dormant commerce clause, as the state laws created substantive employment rights independent of federal regulation and didn’t sufficiently impact aviation safety or airline services.

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