Case: Wage & Hour/Unpaid Wages (E.D. Ky.)

A Kentucky federal district court granted partial summary judgment in favor of three employees claiming a violation of unpaid overtime wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act against semi-truck escort companies, S&E Flag Cars, Flag Cars R Us and I&B Flag Cars, and their owner. The employees worked directly for S&E and couldn’t prove that I&B was a joint employer because it didn’t hire or direct their work. They were able to show, however, that I&B was an integrated enterprise of the other companies and the sole owner and potentially liable as an employer for the alleged FLSA violation because ...