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Work Release Prisoners Are Employees Under Fair Labor Standards Act

The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing a Louisiana U.S. District Court, held that in some situations a work release prisoner is an employee for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Kevin Watson and Raymond Wayne Thrash were prisoners and the Livingston Parish Jail in Louisiana. …

 

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