Security Guards Show Enterprise Coverage, Succeed in FLSA Overtime Suit, Court Finds

Eight security guards working for a Memphis, Tenn., security service provider are entitled to unpaid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act, as they showed the company is a covered enterprise under the statute, and the company did not prove that an exemption from the statute’s requirements applies, a federal district court held Nov. 18 (Williams v. Hooah Sec. Servs. LLC).

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee denied summary judgment to Hooah Security Services LLC and company owner Ric Bailey and granted it to the four hourly and four salaried security guards on their ...