FLSA – Student Athletes

By: Derek Hawkins//December 12, 2016//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Gillian Berger, et al v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, et al

Case No.: 16-1558

Officials: KANNE, SYKES, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges

Focus: FLSA – Student Athletes

Former student athletes at the University of Pennsylvania (“Penn”) sued Penn, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”), and more than 120 other NCAA Division I universities and colleges alleging that student athletes are employees who are entitled to a minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The district court disagreed. We agree with the district court and hold that student athletes are not employees and are not covered by the FLSA.

Affirmed

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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