Supreme Court Won’t Review Case Holding CEO Personally Liable for FLSA Violations

The Supreme Court will not review a case in which the CEO of a grocery chain was held personally liable for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). A District Court, and then the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, found that the CEO could be found to have “an employer-employee relationship” with the members of the class-action case and, though the appeals court found there was no evidence the CEO was directly responsible for the FLSA violations.,  Epstein Becker & Green attorney Aaron Olsen explains the case, and why the outcome could be especially problematic for CEOs of mid-sized companies.