Opinion ID: 1468675
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Actual practice of deductions

Text: Plaintiffs argue that Life Time Fitness's compensation plan had an actual practice of deductions during the pre-August 23, 2004 period. Plaintiffs contend that, in analyzing the pre-August 23, 2004 period, that the district court should have looked at the number of deductions and the number of employees affected over the entire time period. See Takacs, 246 F.3d at 781 (concluding that an actual practice of deductions existed where seven members of management (including three plaintiffs) faced pay reductions over the course of a year and a half) (other citations omitted). But this argument simply rehashes an old one. The analysis period for actual deductions is determined by the promulgation of the DOL's new rules, and it is undisputed that Life Time Fitness made no actual deductions between January 1, 2004 and August 23, 2004. Thus, the district court properly found there was no actual practice of deductions under Auer before August 23, 2004.