Petition of the day
By Aurora Barnes
on Jun 7, 2017
Thepetition of the day is:
16-1189
Issues:(1) Whether the Fair Labor Standards Act prohibits an employer from using compensation paid to employees for non-compensable, bona fide meal breaks that it included in their regular rate of pay as a credit against compensation owed for work time; and (2) whether an agency’s interpretation of a statute advanced for the first time in litigation is entitled toSkidmore v. Swift & Co.deference.
Posted in Cases in the Pipeline
Cases: E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co. v. Smiley
Recommended Citation:
Aurora Barnes,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (Jun. 7, 2017, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2017/06/petition-of-the-day-1171/