Case: Wage & Hour/Employee Status (S.D. Tex.)

A paralegal working for Farrah Martinez, PLLC, alleging unpaid overtime and misclassification as an independent contractor meets the Fair Labor Standards Act criteria for being an employee because her work was closely supervised and reviewed, the firm exercised high control over whether she gained or loss income, she didn’t have an advanced degree nor paralegal certification, and she exclusively worked at the firm for almost six years, a Texas federal district court ruled.