Contractor Who Allegedly Didn’t Control His Work Could Sue Under the FLSA

An owner-operator engaged by a freight hauling company as an independent contractor stated a valid claim under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Wisconsin state minimum wage law because he had sufficiently pled that he could not exercise his contractual rights and did not truly control the conduct of his work, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.
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