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Florida PRIDE Employees Denied Minimum Wages

Loaded on Feb. 15, 1998 by James Quigley published in Prison Legal News February, 1998, page 10
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries, Prison Labor, Fair Labor Standards Act. Location: Florida.

The court of appeals for the eleventh circuit affirmed summary judgment against Florida state prisoners who claimed entitlement to the federal minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201-219. The court held that the private, non profit corporation established by statute, independent of the state, ...

 

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