MECHMET v. FOUR SEASONS HOTELS, LTD.

No. 86-2151.

825 F.2d 1173 (1987)

Kostas MECHMET, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FOUR SEASONS HOTELS, LIMITED, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abigail K. Spreyer, Jerome & Torshen, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

James N. Karahalios, Law Office of James N. Karahalios, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act entitle an hourly worker who works more than 40 hours a week to be paid at the rate of 1.5 times his normal wage for each hour over 40. See 29 U.S.C. § 207(a)(1). However, the provisions do not apply to employees of "a retail or service establishment" if the employee's regular rate of pay is more than 1.5 times the minimum wage and if "more than half his compensation for a representative...

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