A federal district court in Nebraska granted summary judgment to Alegent Health-Bergan Mercy Health System on a discharged neonatal nurse practitioner’s claims that the hospital violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by forcing employees to use paid time off to meet a 40 hour work week, and that Alegent retaliated against her for reporting this allegedly illegal conduct. The nurse contends that her FLSA claim is cognizable because she wasn’t paid wages due her, when Alegent removed paid time off hours from her timecard if she worked overtime in one week of a two-week period. The court concluded that her ...

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