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Employers Need Only Use ‘Preponderance of Evidence’ Test to Show Workers Are Exempt From FLSA, Supreme Court Rules

In an eleven-page unanimous opinion in E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, the Supreme Court resolved the conflict between the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal over what standard of proof applies when ...
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Supreme Court Clarifies Standard of Proof for FLSA Exemptions

On January 15, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a rare unanimous decision in EMD Sales Inc. v. Carrera, addressing the standard of proof employers must meet to establish that an employee is exempt ...
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Supreme Court Holds That Preponderance-of-the-Evidence Standard Applies to Prove Exemptions Under the FLSA

On Jan. 15, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its unanimous opinion in E.M.D. Sales v. Carrera, holding that a preponderance-of-the-evidence standard rather than a heightened ...
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High Court Will Examine Burden of Proof in Fair Labor Standards Act Suits

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to resolve a split among the lower courts about the employers burden of proof to show that their workers are exempt from the protections of the Fair Labor ...
Courthouse News Service

Supreme Court levels the playing field between employees and employers in overtime dispute

WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday repudiated a lower court ruling forcing Maryland-based international food distributor EMD Sales to meet a higher evidence standard than its sales ...
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Employers Need Only Use ‘Preponderance of Evidence’ Test to Show Workers Are Exempt From FLSA, Supreme Court Rules

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