Target Facing Trial on Employee’s OT Exempt Status in FLSA Suit

Target Corp. must continue litigating a proposed collective action alleging it misclassified certain employees as exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime rules, after a federal judge in Minnesota denied summary judgment as to a named plaintiff.

There exists a genuine factual dispute over whether management is Tammy Babbitt’s primary duty as an “Executive Team Lead,” Judge Donovan W. Frank said Wednesday in denying Target’s motion.

The FLSA allows employers like Target to classify certain executive or administrative employees as exempt from overtime if they earn more than $684 per week and their work is primarily related to management ...