Opinion ID: 2982813
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Evidence of Overtime

Text: In the alternative, Miri argues that Keller has not introduced evidence that establishes that he worked more than forty hours a week, and therefore this court should affirm the grant of summary judgment in favor of Miri on that basis alone. Appellee Br. at 39–40. “[A] FLSA plaintiff must prove by a preponderance of evidence that he or she performed work for which he or she was not properly compensated.” O’Brien v. Ed Donnelly Enters., Inc., 575 F.3d 567, 602 (6th Cir. 2009) (internal alterations, quotation marks, and citation omitted). The most common method of proof of undercompensation is discovery and analysis of the employer’s records. Id. No. 14-1430 Keller v. Miri Microsystems Page 19 Keller has not introduced records that definitively establish the hours he worked, but he has testified that he worked more than forty hours a week. In the absence of those employer records, however, a plaintiff’s testimony is enough to create a genuine issue of fact. See Harris v. J.B. Robinson Jewelers, 627 F.3d 235, 239 (6th Cir. 2010). We do not need to rely on Keller’s testimony alone to find that Keller has met his burden to survive summary judgment. Miri’s testimony provides sufficient evidence for a reasonable jury to believe that Keller worked more than forty hours each week. Miri’s deposition testimony confirms Keller’s claim that he worked six days a week. Miri also agreed that Keller completed four jobs a day as often as Miri had that many installation assignments. And Miri agreed that a satellite-dish installation usually took two-and-a-half hours to complete. If Keller accepted four jobs each day, six days a week, and he spent two and a half hours completing each job, then Keller worked sixty hours each week. This estimate does not even include the travel time, or the time Keller devoted to completing the paperwork. Thus, we hold that Keller’s and Miri’s testimony provide sufficient evidence from which a reasonable jury could determine that Keller worked more than forty hours a week for which Miri did not compensate him.10