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WEBSTER v. BECHTEL

Nos. 3979, 4139.

621 P.2d 890 (1980)

Thomas B. WEBSTER, Eric Schrank, Van A. Bulf, Peter Churgel, Dean Hoke, Sam C. Bittetti, individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Appellants, v. BECHTEL, INC., Appellee. STATE of Alaska, Cross-Appellant, v. BECHTEL, INC., Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor B. Levit, David R. Harrison, Ralph M. Tener, Long & Levit, San Francisco, Cal., Edward T. Noonan, Charles E. Cole, Fairbanks, for appellants.

Thomas H. Robertson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for cross-appellant.

John M. Conway, John A. Treptow, Atkinson, Conway, Young, Bell & Gagnon, Anchorage, Jesse B. Grove, III, Jon T. Anderson, Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee/cross-appellee.

Mary Ann Bernard, Lois G. Williams, Attys., Donald S. Shire, Associate Sol., Carin Ann Clauss, Sol. of Labor, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Secretary of Labor.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and CONNOR, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ.

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

This matter concerns an action by Bechtel employees to recover unpaid overtime compensation and damages provided by the Alaska Wage and Hour Act (hereinafter "Alaska Act"), AS 23.10.050-.150. The primary issue presented is whether the Alaska Act is preempted by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (hereinafter "FLSA"), 29 U.S.C.A. §§ 201-19. We conclude that the Alaska Act is not preempted.

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