Melton v. Tippecanoe County

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Fair Labor Standards Act
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 14-3599
Decision Date: 
September 22, 2016
Federal District: 
N.D. Ind., Hammond Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed

Dist. Ct. did not err in granting defendant-employer’s motion for summary judgment in plaintiff-employee’s action alleging that defendant violated Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by failing to pay plaintiff for all hours he worked. While plaintiff claimed that his timecards were altered so as to reflect fewer hours than he actually worked, and that his spreadsheet supported such claim, Dist. Ct. could properly reject information contained in plaintiff’s proffered spreadsheet, where: (1) spreadsheet was generated only through plaintiff’s memory; and (2) defendant was able to produce payroll records indicating that plaintiff was actually paid for certain alleged missing hours contained in spreadsheet. Moreover, while record contained dispute about whether plaintiff was paid for additional one hour forty minutes per week that plaintiff claimed he worked prior to scheduled start of his shift, said additional time would only account for workweek of 39.2 hours, which was short of forty-hour minimum workweek required to establish violation under FLSA.