A federal district court ruled that a secretary who later transitioned to a lawyer is entitled to $49,536 in unpaid wages and liquidated damages on her claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Rhode Island Minimum Wage Act. The court wasn’t convinced that she worked an average of 50-hour weeks for 49 weeks each year and concluded that because she didn’t meet the definition of “professional” under state law, she wasn’t exempted from minimum wage provisions even after she passed the bar exam. However, because her former employer failed to keep accurate records regarding her actual hours worked, ...
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