Court Opinion

ID: 9441729
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 18:04:43.123075+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:28:36.153050
License: Public Domain

LOKEN, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I join the opinion of the court. I write separately to add an additional factor supporting the conclusion that Wal-Mart’s stated reason for terminating Chestine Clay was not pretextual. Wal-Mart’s Working Off The Clock policy is an important part of its efforts to comply with the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Based upon employee Charlene Munson’s written report of what supervisor Clay said to Munson during the August 29 phone call, federal law required Wal-Mart to treat that call as requiring Munson to work off the clock and to compensate Munson accordingly. See 29 C.F.R. §§ 785.11-.12.