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Jun 6, 2017

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished – The Supreme Court May Decide Whether Payments for Meal Breaks Can Offset Alleged Off-The-Clock Work

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Pending before the United States Supreme Court is a petition for writ of certiorari asking the Court to determine whether an employer may use payments for bona fide meal periods as an offset/credit against compensable work time. If the Supreme Court accepts the case, it would also provide an excellent opportunity for the Court to address repeat questions regarding the level of deference owed to statutory interpretations by agencies advanced for the first time in litigation and whether pay practices not expressly prohibited by the FLSA are permissible.

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