The producer of “Black Spartans,” a film about the mid-1960s Michigan State national championship football team, temporarily shook off claims that he stiffed members of the production company.
Employees can establish they’re covered under the Fair Labor Standards Act’s wage protections either by pleading “enterprise coverage,” which focuses on the nature of the employer’s business, or “individual coverage,” which focuses on the business activities of the employee.
Terry Day, the lead plaintiff in the proposed collective action, failed to establish enterprise coverage because the complaint doesn’t allege that the film’s producer, James Velissaris, has annual gross sales of more than ...
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