Walker v. World Mortgage Company
632 F. Supp. 2d 1117 (M.D. Fla. 2009)
A group of employees brought suit against their employer for failure to pay them overtime as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act and for violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. The court granted the employer’s motion to dismiss these claims for failure to state a cause of action. The Court held that the employer’s decision to classify employees as “exempt or nonexempt for FLSA purposes” was not sufficient to create a cause of action under ERISA. The employees’ record keeping argument also hinged on their classification, as they claimed that their incorrect classification led to incorrect records. Thus, it was also deemed insufficient.