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p; Most people assume FLSA retaliation claims start and end with the employer on the worker’s W-2. Not so. The Ninth Circuit just widened the blast
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dius. TL;DR: The Ninth Circuit held that a worker who files an FLSA lawsuit against one business can pursue a retaliation claim against a partner and manager who also oversees a related business and cuts off work opportunities there because of the lawsuit, even if the worker has no employment relationship with the second business. The worker must still prove they were an employee of at least one business under the economic realities test.