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Senior center aide not covered by FLSA

Senior center aide not covered by FLSA

Senior center aide not covered by FLSA

A maintenance worker employed by a nonprofit adult day-care center is not entitled to coverage of the Fair Labor Standards Act when he fails to prove that the center is an enterprise engaged in commerce or that he is individually engaged in commerce. A federal District Court in Illinois has dismissed the plaintiff’s claim for overtime wages. Paul Kim was a maintenance worker at the Center for Seniors, a nonprofit organized to provide free services, including transportation, meals, and recreational activities for low income individuals and non-subsidized seniors who paid a separate fee. He claimed that he regularly worked 10 to 12 hours a day without overtime. The Center argued that it was...

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