Business 8th Edition by Marianne Jennings

Exercise 1

Wages, Hours, and Colorful Jobs
Analyze the following questions and research the cited cases to discover the complex issues involved related to the minimum wage, overtime, and covered employees under the FLSA.
Would the following count as part of hours worked?
• Mandatory training time [ Martin v Parker Fire Protection Dist, 988 R2d 1064 (10th Cir. 1993)]
• Firefighters' sleep time while on 24-hour duty [ Alldread v Granada, 988 F.2d 1425 (5th Cir. 1993)]
• Being on call in case of emergency [ Berry v County of Sonoma, 30 E3d 1174 (9th Cir. 1994)]
• Time spent by employees at meat slaughter\processing plant waiting in line at the knife room to get their knives sharpened [ Reich v IBP, Inc., 820 F. Supp. 1315 (D.C. Kan. 1993)]
• Would the following employees be covered by the minimum wage and overtime protections of FLSA?
• Inmates who are required to work as part of their sentences and perform labor within a state-run correctional facility [ McMaster v Minnesota, 819 R Supp. 1429 (D.C. Minn. 1993)]
• Manager of Chick-Fil-A mall restaurant who has a capital investment in the restaurant but must follow corporate standards of operation [ Howell v Chick-Fil-A, 7 FLW Fed.D. 641 (N.D. Fla. 1993)]
• Migrant farm workers who harvested pickling cucumbers and are paid regardless of employer's profit on sale [ Cavazos v Foster, 822 F. Supp. 438 (W.D. Mich. 1993)]
• Dancers at an upscale topless nightclub in Dallas who furnish their own costumes but are told when to appear [ Martin v Priba Corp., 123 CCH LC 35737 (N.D. Tex. 1992)]
• Formerly homeless alcoholic who is working for the Salvation Army under its rehabilitation program and is residing at the Salvation Army facility [ Williams v Strickland, 837 F. Supp. 1049 (N.D. Cal. 1994)]