5th Circuit: No Working Breaks Shown In Security Officers’ FLSA Collective Suit

Mealey's (July 7, 2021, 1:16 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Aviation security officers (ASOs) who monitored deportees and sued under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for automatic meal break deductions on certain length return flights where there were no deportees failed to show a violation as they “were the ones who predominantly benefited from the one-hour meal periods,” a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled June 22....