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FindACase | Sanchez v. St. Joseph/Candler Health System, Inc.
Sanchez v. St. Joseph/Candler Health System, Inc.
ST. JOSEPH'S/CANDLER HEALTH SYSTEM, INC., Defendant.
Before the Court is Defendant's motion for summary judgment (doc. 31) . The Clerk has given Plaintiffs notice of the summary judgment motion and the summary judgment rules, of the right to file affidavits or other materials in opposition, and the consequences of default. Therefore, the notice requirements of Griffith v. Wainwright, 772 F.2d 822, 825 (11th Cir. 1985) (per curiam), have been satisfied.
Plaintiffs are no longer working for Defendant. Ms. McNair quit on August 8, 2014, and Ms. Sanchez was fired on March 11, 2015. (Sanchez Dep. at 222; McNair Dep. at 102.) On August 16, 2016, Plaintiffs initiated this action alleging that Defendant failed to pay overtime as mandated by the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA")/ 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. Defendant now moves for summary judgment arguing that Plaintiffs are exempt from the FLSA's overtime requirement.
A motion for summary judgment will be granted if there is no disputed material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(a). Facts are material if they could affect the results of the case. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 248 (1986) . The court must view facts in the light most favorable to the non-moving party and draw all inferences in its favor. Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 587 (1986). The movant initially bears the burden of proof and must demonstrate the absence of a disputed material fact. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 323 (1986). The movant must also show no reasonable jury could find for the non-moving party on any of the essential elements. Fitzpatrick v. City of Atlanta, 2 F.3d 1112, 1115 (11th Cir. 1993).
If the movant carries its burden, the non-moving party must come forward with significant, probative evidence showing there is a material fact in dispute. Id. at 1116. The non-movant must respond with affidavits or other forms of evidence provided by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56. Id. at 1116 n.3. The non-movant cannot survive summary judgment by relying on its pleadings or conclusory statements. Morris v. Ross, 663 F.2d 1032, 1033-34 (11th Cir. 1981) . After the non-movant has met this burden, summary judgment is granted only if "the combined body of evidence is still such that the movant would be entitled to a directed verdict at trial - that is, such that no reasonable jury could find for the non-movant." Fitzpatrick, 2 F.3d at 1116.
Defendant moves for summary judgment arguing that because Plaintiffs fall under both the executive and administrative exemption, they are not entitled to overtime.
The FLSA was designed to introduce labor standards to eliminate working conditions that threaten the "minimum standard of living necessary for health, efficiency, and general well-being of workers." 29 U.S.C. § 202(a). Under the FLSA, an employee engaged in "commerce or the production of commerce" must be paid time and a half if she works over forty hours a week. 29 U.S.C. § 207(a)(1). However, the law does not apply to workers "employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity." 29 U.S.C. § 213(a)(1).

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