The Salvation Army defeated a rehabilitation program participant’s overtime lawsuit after a federal judge ruled the worker isn’t an employee under federal wage law.
Arthur Monique Harris sought minimum and overtime wages for his time in the mandatory “work therapy” portion of the religious nonprofit’s program. But no reasonable jury could determine he fits the Fair Labor Standards Act’s “employee” definition, dooming his claims under the statute, the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida said Wednesday.
The Salvation Army faces multiple lawsuits alleging it owes pay to people who live and work in its adult rehabilitation centers. ...
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