The court granted the petition June 17 for certiorari, or review, in E.M.D. Sales Inc. v. Carrera in an unsigned order. No justices dissented. The Court did not explain its decision. At least four of the nine justices must vote to grant a petition for it to advance to the oral argument stage.
The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which covers more than 140 million workers, guarantees eligible employees a minimum wage and overtime pay.
But the statute also contains 34 exemptions from those mandates. Employers do not have to pay overtime to executives, agricultural workers, or outside salesmen.
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