Co-authored by Leon Sequeira and Rob Whitman Assistant store managers at Home Depot have such great discrepancies in how they perform their jobs that they are not similarly situated for purposes of an FLSA collective action, according to a decision
Not all Home Depot Assistant Managers are Created Equal…..or at least Similarly Situated
Co-authored by Leon Sequeira and Rob Whitman Assistant store managers at Home Depot have such great discrepancies in how they perform their jobs that they are not similarly situated for purposes of an FLSA collective action, according to a decision…
Federal Court in New Jersey Decertifies FLSA Class of 1,500 Home Depot Assistant Managers
A federal court in New Jersey recently decertified an FLSA class of 1,500 Home Depot merchandising assistant store managers (“MASMs”) who claimed they were misclassified as exempt executive employees. (Aquilino v. Home Depot, U.S.A., Inc.pdf., No. 04-04100 (D.…
A Dog That Just Wouldn’t Hunt. Supplemental jurisdiction, State Law Claims, and FSLA.
Aquilino v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., No. 04-cv-4100 (D.N.J. July 18, 2006)
So you want to have your state law claims and be in federal court, too? Well, it may not be so simple, particularly in the context of a collective…